Émile Boutroux
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Étienne Émile Marie Boutroux (French: [butʁu]; 28 July 1845 – 22 November 1921) was an eminent 19th-century French philosopher of science and religion, and a historian of philosophy. He was a firm opponent of materialism in science. He was a spiritual philosopher who defended the idea that religion and science are compatible at a time when the power of science was rising inexorably. His work is overshadowed in the English-speaking world by that of the more celebrated Henri Bergson. He was elected membership of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in 1898 and in 1912 to the Académie française.
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Born | Étienne Émile Marie Boutroux (1845-07-28)28 July 1845 Montrouge, now in the Hauts-de-Seine |
Died | 22 November 1921(1921-11-22) (aged 76) Paris, France |
Alma mater | École normale supérieure Heidelberg University |
Era | 19th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | French spiritualism |
Institutions | University of Nancy University of Paris |
Main interests | Philosophy of religion |
Notable ideas | Religion and science are compatible The contingent character of the laws of nature[1] |
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