Etienne Bonnot de Condillac
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Etienne Bonnot de Condillac
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30 September 1714 Grenoble |
| Died | 3 August 1780 (aged 65) Lailly-en-Val |
| Era | 18th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Empiricism |
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Psychology, philosophy of mind, epistemology |
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Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (/ˈɛtiˌɛn ˈbɒnoʊ 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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