Georges Chapouthier

Georges Chapouthier (born 27 March 1945 in Libourne) is a French neuroscientist and philosopher. Georges Chapouthier is the son of Odette Mazaubert and Fernand Chapouthier (1899–1953). Fernand Chapouthier was a classicist and archeologist who was deputy director of the Ecole normale supérieure in Paris. Odette Mazaubert was known under the pseudonym of "Carquelin" for her Saintongeais writings. Chapouthier attended the Lycée Montaigne and the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. He then followed the "Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles" at the Lycée Saint-Louis and subsequently enrolled at the Ecole normale supérieure in 1964. Chapouthier then studied biology and philosophy, obtaining a "doctorat d'état" in both (University of Strasbourg, 1973, and Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, 1986, respectively). During his whole career, Chapouthier has worked for the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), where he currently has the rank of emeritus research director. His research focuses on the pharmacology of memory and anxiety and on philosophy, especially the relations between humans and animals. As a philosopher, he was influenced by Louis Bourgey and François Dagognet. Psychophysiologie - Le système nerveux et le Comportement, G. Chapouthier, M. Kreutzer, C. Menini, Editions Etudes vivantes, Paris, 1980, 192 pp. L'inné et l'acquis des structures biologiques, J.J. Matras and G. Chapouthier (eds.), collection "Le Biologiste", Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1981, 243 pp, . Introduction au fonctionnement du système nerveux (codage et traitement de l'information), G. Chapouthier, J.J. Matras, Editions MEDSI, Paris, 1982, 224 pp, . Mémoire et Cerveau - Biologie de l'apprentissage, G. Chapouthier, Collection Science et DEcouvertes, Editions du Rocher, Monaco, 1988, 126 pp, . Au bon vouloir de l'homme, l'animal, G. Chapouthier, Editions Denoël, Paris,1990, 260 pp, . Les droits de l'animal, G. Chapouthier, Collection "Que sais-je ?", Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1992, 125 pp, .