title: [Constructing a language for social sciences: Condorcet's Tableau historique].
abstract: Condorcet started working on "social sciences" many years before the French Revolution. Although published in 1793-1794, his Tableau historique, was first conceived in the 1770s. It examined the necessary conditions for scientific reasoning and scientific languages. Analyzing the obstacles that stood in the way of the development of social sciences, Condorcet used case studies to offer a reflection on the making of a language that would be scientific and accessible to the enlightened citizen as well.
authors.affiliation: UMR 5186, site Saint-Charles, Université Montpellier 3, Route de Mende, F-34199, Montpellier cedex 5, France, jean-pierre.schandeler@montp.cnrs.fr.
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Schandeler