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A Critical Edition of the Works by Gaston Bachelard
A Report on the Project Planned for 2020–2024

Article
27/2 – Fall 2022, pages 273-279
Date of online publication: 27 décembre 2022
Date of publication: 27 décembre 2022

Abstract

Works by Gaston Bachelard, both in the field of the philosophy of science and in the field of the philosophy of poetic imagination, were reissued in France many times. These reissues were unchanged reprints of the origi‐ nal editions, which were always very interesting in terms of content, but sometimes underdeveloped in terms of form. Obviously, this is not the most important aspect of these works, as we can undoubtedly agree with Jean‐Jacques Wunenburger. 1 Nevertheless, a disordered form, especially in terms of bibliographic references, is a certain difficulty for researchers of this philosophy and may be a prelude to its unauthorized readings. Let us add that Bachelard’s works originally came out in various publishing houses, including Librairie José Corti, Les Presses universitaires de France, Librairie philosophique J. Vrin, Librairie Félix Alcan, Les Éditions Gallimard. It had an impact on the availability of individual titles, as they were reis‐ sued on different terms and with different frequency.

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Ples-Bęben, Marta. “A Critical Edition of the Works by Gaston Bachelard. A Report on the Project Planned for 2020–2024.” Forum Philosophicum 27, no. 2 (2022): 273–9. doi:10.35765/forphil.2022.2702.16.

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