Lachelier, J.
Lachelier, J.
(1831-1918) A French philosopher who, though he wrote little, exerted a considerable direct personal influence on his students at the Ecole Normale Superieure; he was the teacher of both E. Boutroux and H. Bergson. His philosophical position was a Kantian idealism modified by the French “spiritualism” of Maine de Biran and Ravaisson.
Main works
Le fondemcnt de l’induction, 187;
Psychologie et metaphysique, 1885;
Etudes sur le syllogisme, 1907;
Note sur le pari de Pascal. — L.W.