André Pichot Explained

André Pichot (born in 1950) is a French researcher and historian of science at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.[1]

Pichot is a researcher in Epistemology and History of Science, based at CNRS in Strasbourg. He was a pupil of Georges Canguilhem. He is known in France for his critical writings on issues related to genetics, in particular the influence modern biology has had on ideologies supporting eugenics.

He is the author of Pure Society: From Darwin to Hitler, a book about the history of eugenics.

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Notes and References

  1. News: April 25, 2000 . André Pichot: «La valeur médicale de la génétique est surestimée» . Le Temps.
  2. Reviews of Éléments pour une théorie de la biologie:
    • Jean-Dominique Robert (1983), Revue philosophique de Louvain,
    • P. Leroy (1984), Archives de Philosophie,
  3. Reviews of Petite phénoménologie de la connaissance:
    • Pierre Trotignon (1992), Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger,
    • Renaud Barbaras (1993), Les Études philosophiques,
  4. Reviews of Histoire de la notion de vie:
  5. Review of L’eugénisme:Javier Moscoso (1997), Dynamis, https://www.raco.cat/index.php/Dynamis/article/view/122187
  6. Reviews of Histoire de la notion de gène:
    • Hervé Barreau (2001), Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger,
    • Alexandre Métraux (2001), Journal of the History of Biology,,
  7. Reviews of La société pure / The Pure Society: