André Lalande (philosopher)

André Lalande (19 July, 1867 Dijon – 15 November, 1964 Asnières) was a French philosopher. In 1904, he was appointed Professor of philosophy at the University of Paris.

Whilst still at school in 1883-4 he was taught by Émile Durkheim, whom he greatly appreciated. His notes have provided the basis for the publication Durkheim's Philosophy Lectures: Notes from the Lycée de Sens Course, 1883–1884 in 2004.

His doctoral thesis was entitled L'idée directrice de la dissolution opposée à celle de l'évolution. In 1901, he was one of the founders of the French Philosophical Society.

Works

 * 1893: Lectures sur la philosophic des sciences, Paris
 * 1899: L'idée directrice de la dissolution opposée à celle de l'évolution Paris (revised and reissued as Les illusions évolutionnistes, Paris, 1930)
 * 1899 Quid de Mathematica vel Rationali vel Naturali Senserit Baconus Verulamius, Paris, 1899 (in Latin)
 * Précis raisonné de morale pratique, Paris: Hachette
 * 1929 Les théories de l'induction et de l'expérimentation, Paris: Boivin
 * 1948 La raison et les normes, Paris, 1948.
 * 1960 Vocabulaire technique et critique de la philosophic 8Paris: Presses Universitaires de France