Creative evolution. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Henri Bergson.
• Authors: Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941
• Contents: Foreword Elizabeth Grosz Translator’s Introduction Donald A. Landes Creative Evolution, by Henri Bergson, translated by Donald A. Landes Bilingual Table of Contents Introduction 1. On the Evolution of Life. Mechanism and Finality 2. The Diverging Directions of Life: Torpor, Intellect, and Instinct 3. On the Meaning of Life, the Order of Nature, and the Form of the Intellect 4. The Cinematographic Mechanism of Thought and the Mechanistic Illusion. A Glance at the History of Systems. Real Becoming and False Evolutionism. Correspondence, Reception, and Commentaries Introduction 1. Correspondence James–Bergson Correspondence (1907) Letter to H. Wildon Carr (1908) Letter to Florian Znaniecki (1911) 2. Critical Reception in Biology Bergson and Le Dantec in Dialogue "Bergson’s Biology" (1907), by Félix Le Dantec, translated by Kathleen Hulley Letter to the Editor of Revue du mois (1907), by Henri Bergson Ruyer as Reader of Bergson "Bergson and the Ammophila Sphex" (1959), by Raymond Ruyer, translated by Tano S. Posteraro 3. Critical Reception in Mathematics Bergson and Borel in Dialogue "The Evolution of Geometrical Intellect" (1907), by Émile Borel, translated by Kathleen Hulley "In Response to ‘The Evolution of Geometrical Intellect’" (1908), by Henri Bergson "Letter to the Editor of Revue de métaphysique et de morale " (1908), by Émile Borel 4. Critical Reception in Theology Bergson and Tonquédec in Dialogue "Preface" (1912), by Joseph de Tonquédec "How Should We Interpret the Order of the World" (1908), by Joseph de Tonquédec Letter from Bergson to Joseph de Tonquédec (May 12, 1908) "Is Bergson a Monist?" (1912), by Joseph de Tonquédec Letter from Bergson to Joseph de Tonquédec (February 20, 1912) 5. Notable Commentaries Canguilhem as Reader of L’évolution créatrice Commentary on the Third Chapter of L’évolution créatrice (1943), by Georges Canguilhem Merleau-Ponty as Reader of L’évolution créatrice "The Ideas of Bergson, " from Merleau-Ponty’s Course on Nature at the Collège de France (1956–1957), by Maurice Merleau-Ponty, translated by Robert Vallier Deleuze as Reader of L’évolution créatrice "Lecture Course on Chapter Three of Bergson’s ‘Creative Evolution, ’" by Gilles Deleuze, translated by Bryn Loban. Critical Apparatus Editorial Endnotes, by Arnaud François. Selected, translated, and edited by Donald A. Landes Bibliographies Works by Henri Bergson Bibliography of Works Cited by Bergson in L’évolution créatrice Additional Works Cited in Editorial Endnotes or Translator’s Notes Works Cited in Correspondence, Reception, and Commentaries Notable Reviews of and Contemporary Responses to L’évolution créatrice. Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 113; Metaphysics; Life; Evolution
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781134975754; 9781134975686; 9781315537818
• Related ISBNs: 9781138689251
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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