Emile Meyerson

Émile Meyerson (French: [mɛjɛʁsɔn]; 12 February 1859 – 2 December 1933) was a Polish-born French epistemologist, chemist, philosopher of science, and Zionist activist. Born Ezryel-Szoel-Froim Meyerson to a Jewish family in Lublin, Congress Poland, he was educated at the University of Heidelberg and studied chemistry under Robert Wilhelm Bunsen. In 1882, Meyerson settled in Paris. He worked as a foreign editor for the Havas news agency and later directed the Jewish Colonization Association for Europe and Asia Minor. He became a naturalized French citizen after World War I. Thomas Kuhn cited Meyerson's work as influential in developing his ideas for *The Structure of Scientific Revolutions*. In *La Déduction relativiste*, Meyerson discussed Einstein's general theory of relativity. His notable ideas include the principle of lawfulness and the principle of causality.