Sophie Roux (born 1965) is a French historian of science and philosopher of science focusing on the early modern period of European science, including Cartesianism and its opponents, thought experiments and mathematical modeling, and the history of the philosophy of science. She is a professor of the history and philosophy of science at the École normale supérieure (Paris).[1]
Education and career edit
Roux was born in Paris in 1965.[2] She was a student at the École normale supérieure beginning in 1984, and passed the agrégation in philosophy in 1987. She earned two Master of Advanced Studies degrees, one in philosophy through Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University under the direction of Michel Serres in 1989, and a second one in history of science through the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) under the direction of Ernest Coumet. Continuing to work with Coumet at EHESS, she completed a Ph.D. in 1996, with the dissertation La philosophie mécanique (1630–1690).[3]
After postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, she became a professeur agrégé at EHESS in 1998, and an assistant professor of early modern philosophy at Pierre Mendès-France University in Grenoble in 2002. While holding this appointment, she earned a habilitation in 2010 through the École normale supérieure de Lyon. In 2012, she took her present position as a professor at the École normale supérieure.[3]
Books edit
Roux is the author of:
- L'Essai de logique de Mariotte: archéologie des idées d'un savant ordinaire (Histoire et philosophie des sciences 2, Classiques Garnier, 2011)[4]
Her edited works include:
- Retours sur l'affaire Sokal (edited with Gilles Denis and Marie-José Durand-Richard, L'Harmattan, 2007)[5]
- Mechanics and Cosmology in the Medieval and Early Modern Period (edited with Massimo Bucciantini and Michele Camerota, Leo S. Olschki, 2007)[6]
- Thought Experiments in Methodological and Historical Contexts (edited with Katerina Ierodiakonou, Brill, 2011)[7]
- The Mechanization of Natural Philosophy (edited with Daniel Garber, Springer, 2013)[8]
- L’Automate : Modèle Métaphore Machine Merveille (edited with Aurélia Gaillard, Jean-Yves Goffi, and Bernard Roukhomovsky, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2013)[9]
- Œuvres d’Ernest Coumet (Tome 1) (edited with Thierry Martin, Presses Universitaires de Franche-comté, 2016)[10]
- Louis Couturat (1868–1914) : Mathématiques, langage, philosophie (edited with Michel Fichant, Classiques Garnier, 2017)[11]
Recognition edit
Roux was named a junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France in 2006.[12]
References edit
- ^ Sophie Roux, Visiting Scholar (Sep 2021-Jul 2022), Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, retrieved 2023-11-07
- ^ Sophie Roux, Dr, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, retrieved 2023-11-07
- ^ a b Curriculum vitae (PDF), Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, retrieved 2023-11-07
- ^ Reviews of L'Essai de logique de Mariotte:
- Ursula Goldenbaum, Journal of the History of Philosophy, doi:10.1353/hph.2013.0043
- Luc Peterschmitt, Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger, JSTOR 42773299
- Andrea Strazzoni, Journal of Early Modern Studies, [1]
- ^ Review of Retours sur l'affaire Sokal: Steve Fuller, The British Journal for the History of Science, doi:10.1017/S0007087409990173, JSTOR 25592282
- ^ Review of Mechanics and Cosmology in the Medieval and Early Modern Period: Katherine A. Tredwell, Isis, doi:10.1086/605212, JSTOR 10.1086/605212
- ^ Reviews of Thought Experiments in Methodological and Historical Contexts:
- Sander de Boer, Vivarium, JSTOR 24775406
- James Robert Brown & Michael T. Stuart, HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science, doi:10.1086/667764, JSTOR 10.1086/667764
- Margaret Cameron, Philosophy in Review, [2]
- Daniel Cohnitz, "Thought experiments outside science", Metascience, doi:10.1007/s11016-012-9709-7
- Marek Picha, Teorie vědy/Theory of Science, [3]
- Tiberiu Popa, Isis, doi:10.1086/674520, JSTOR 10.1086/674520
- ^ Review of The Mechanization of Natural Philosophy: Jane Jenkins, Isis, doi:10.1086/678002, JSTOR 10.1086/678002
- ^ Reviews of L’Automate:
- Rossella Baldi, Artefact, doi:10.4000/artefact.532
- Emmanuelle Sempère, "Fascinantes machines : réflexions interdisciplinaires à partir de l’oeuvre de Vaucanson", Mirabilia, [4]
- ^ Review of Œuvres d’Ernest Coumet: Marc Moyon, Repères IREM, [5]
- ^ Reviews of Louis Couturat (1868–1914):
- ^ "Sophie Roux", Les membres, Institut Universitaire de France, retrieved 2023-11-07
External links edit
- Sophie Roux publications indexed by Google Scholar