Eugène Dupréel (February 8, 1879 – February 14, 1967) was a
Belgian philosopher
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. He has been professor at the
Université libre de Bruxelles from 1907 to 1950, teaching
logic
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,
metaphysics
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,
greek philosophy
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,
moral philosophy
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and
sociological theory. He developed an ethical theory and a theory of knowledge deeply influenced by
sociology
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, and worked closely with the
Institut de Sociologie Solvay. Leader of the "École de Bruxelles", he had a major influence on the argumentation theorist
Chaïm Perelman
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and thus has been instrumental in the renewal of
rhetoric
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.
Main work
(For a complete bibliography, se
« Notice sur Eugène Dupréel » 1980, p. 71-84.)
* ''Le rapport social : Essai sur l’objet et la méthode de la sociologie'', Paris, Alcan, 1912.
* ''Traité de morale'', 2 vol., Bruxelles, Éditions de la Revue de l’Université, 1932.
* ''Esquisse d’une philosophie des valeurs'', Paris, Alcan, 1939.
* ''Sociologie générale'', Paris, Presses universitaire de France, 1948.
* ''Essais pluralistes'', recueil d’articles, Paris, Presses universitaire de France, 1949.
External links
« Notice sur Eugène Dupréel » by Chaïm Perelman, in ''Annuaire 1980'', Bruxelles, Académie royale de Belgique, 1980, p. 61-86 (PDF).
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20th-century Belgian philosophers
1967 deaths
1879 births