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january 16 , 2001 les fourgs , doubs jacques bouveresse , jean bricmont 20th-century philosophy pierrefontaine-les-varans , doubs analytic philosophy kant ludwig wittgenstein , foucault , bertrand russell , gilles gaston , granger , martial gueroult joseph louis lagrange , Évariste galois , logic , philosophy of science , epistemology february 15 , 1920 École normale supérieure , collège de france jules vuillemin.jpg jules vuillemin
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jules vuillemin

jules vuillemin -lrb- ; february 15 , 1920 -- january 16 , 2001 -rrb- was a french philosopher , professor of `` philosophy of knowledge '' at the prestigious collège de france , in paris , from 1962 to 1990 , succeeding to maurice merleau-ponty , and professor emeritus from 1991 to 2001 .
he was an invited professor at the institute for advanced studies , princeton -lrb- 1968 -rrb- .
a friend of michel foucault , he supported his election at the collège de france , and was also close to michel serres .
vuillemin was one of the first french philosophers to find interest in analytical philosophy .
vuillemin 's thought had a major influence on jacques bouveresse 's works .
vuillemin himself vindicated the legacy of martial gueroult .
