Formation of the Scientific Mind A Contribution to a Psychoanalysis of Objective Knowledge

Gaston Bachelard is one of the indispensable figures in the history of 20th-century ideas. In this work, he first elaborated a theory of knowledge and its development, which was to become a key to his thought as a whole -- the notion of "the epistemological obstacle, " -- the unavoidable presence in the mind of a thinking individual of preconceived and misleading ideas derived from the very nature of language and culture. Published in 1938, this work is still a ubiquitously taught text throughout French academe, and one whose translation is long overdue.Bachelard, Gaston is the author of 'Formation of the Scientific Mind A Contribution to a Psychoanalysis of Objective Knowledge' with ISBN 9781903083239 and ISBN 1903083230.