# Edmond Pourchot

> Edmond Pourchot was a university professor noted for his controversial advocacy of Cartesianism in place of Aristotelianism. The change within the University of Paris from Aristotelianism to Cartesianism during the 1690s was important in the history of the development of natural philosophy in France and continental Europe.

*French physicist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1651
- **Died:** 1734-06-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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