Michel Serres | |
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Born | Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France | 1 September 1930
Died | 1 June 2019 Paris, France | (aged 88)
Alma mater | École Navale École Normale Supérieure University of Paris |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Continental philosophy French epistemology[1] |
Institutions | University of Paris I Stanford University |
Main interests | Epistemology Philosophy of science |
Notable ideas | Hermes, the messenger of the gods, as standing for the communication that takes place between science and the arts[2] |
Michel Serres (French: [miʃɛl sɛʁ]; 1 September 1930 – 1 June 2019) was a French philosopher, theorist and writer. His works explore themes of science, time and death, and later incorporated prose.