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Étienne Bonnot de Condillac

Etienne Bonnot de Condillac
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Etienne Bonnot de Condillac
Born (1714-09-30)30 September 1714
Grenoble
Died 3 August 1780(1780-08-03) (aged 65)
Lailly-en-Val
Era 18th-century philosophy
Region Western Philosophy
School Empiricism
Main interests
Psychology, philosophy of mind, epistemology

Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (/ˈɛtiˌɛn ˈbɒn də ˈkɒndiˌæk/; French: [bɔno də kɔ̃dijak]; 30 September 1714 – 3 August 1780) was a French philosopher and epistemologist, who studied in such areas as psychology and the philosophy of the mind.

He was born at Grenoble into a legal family, the youngest of three brothers. His two older brothers Jean and Gabriel took names associated with one of the family's properties at Mably, Loire, and were each known as "Bonnot de Mably". Étienne identified with another property at Condillac, Drôme, was known as "Bonnot de Condillac". Like his brother Gabriel, Condillac took holy orders (1733–1740) at Saint-Sulpice church in Paris. He was appointed as Abbot of Mureau.

Condillac devoted his whole life, with the exception of an interval as a court-appointed tutor to the court of Parma, to speculative thought. His works are:


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