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Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Paris 1–Panthéon-Sorbonne since 2000, former director of the Institute of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST) of the CNRS, Jean Gayon (1949–2018) died on April 28th 2018 following a long illness that he faced with determination and courage.
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In the early 1980s, Gayon considered writing his Ph.D. thesis on the epistemological aspects of cancer disease (Gayon & Petit, 2018, p. 30).
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On Morange, see Loison and Pradeu (2021). See also Pradeu, Huneman, and Giroux, this volume.
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For an example, see Gayon’s review of Elliott Sober (Gayon, 1989).
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See the chapter by Suárez-Diaz, this volume.
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On the importance of Lakatos in Gayon’s work, see the chapter by Loison, this volume. On Gayon’s critique of historical epistemology, see the chapter by Méthot, this volume.
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Méthot, PO., Huneman, P. (2023). Introduction: Jean Gayon (1949–2018), Philosopher and Historian of the Life Sciences. In: Méthot, PO. (eds) Philosophy, History and Biology: Essays in Honour of Jean Gayon. History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, vol 30. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28157-0_1
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