Birth of Gaston Bachelard
Gaston Bachelard is born at Bar-sur-Aube in northeastern France.
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Gaston Bachelard Biography and Timeline
Follow Gaston Bachelard through 10 dated historical records for France.
Gaston Bachelard, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1884–1962Years on this page
1884
1928
Essay on Approximate Knowledge
Bachelard publishes Essay on Approximate Knowledge, an early major contribution to his epistemology.
1934
The New Scientific Spirit
Bachelard publishes The New Scientific Spirit, arguing that modern science requires breaks with ordinary intuition.
1938
The Formation of the Scientific Mind
Bachelard publishes The Formation of the Scientific Mind and develops the concept of epistemological obstacles.
The Psychoanalysis of Fire
Bachelard publishes The Psychoanalysis of Fire, linking his interests in imagination and the philosophy of science.
1940
The Philosophy of No
Bachelard publishes The Philosophy of No, presenting scientific knowledge as dynamically revisable.
1942
Water and Dreams
Bachelard publishes Water and Dreams, extending his philosophical study of poetic imagination.
1949
Applied Rationalism
Bachelard publishes Applied Rationalism, examining the relation between rational structures and scientific practice.
1957
The Poetics of Space
Bachelard publishes The Poetics of Space, analysing the imagination of intimate places and inhabited space.
1962
Death of Gaston Bachelard
Gaston Bachelard dies in Paris.
Records, sources and methodology
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