| Creative Evolution 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Bergson, H. (Author), Ansell-Pearson, K. (Editor), Kolkman, M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0230517218 ISBN-13: 9780230517219 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $113.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2007 Annotation: Henri Bergson (1859-1941) is one of the truly great philosophers of the modernist period, and there is currently a major renaissance of interest in his unduly neglected texts and ideas amongst philosophers, literary theorists, and social theorists. "Creative Evolution" (1907) is the text that made Bergson world-famous in his own lifetime; in it Bergson responds to the challenge presented to our habits of thought by modern evolutionary theory, and attempts to show that the theory of knowledge must have its basis in a theory of life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Philosophy | Epistemology - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology |
| Dewey: 113.8 |
| LCCN: 2007023308 |
| Series: Henri Bergson Centennial |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.52" W x 8.06" (0.94 lbs) 271 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Henri Bergson (1859-1941) is one of the truly great philosophers of the modernist period, and there is currently a major renaissance of interest in his unduly neglected texts and ideas amongst philosophers, literary theorists, and social theorists. Creative Evolution (1907) is the text that made Bergson world-famous in his own lifetime; in it Bergson responds to the challenge presented to our habits of thought by modern evolutionary theory, and attempts to show that the theory of knowledge must have its basis in a theory of life. |