| Creative Evolution: With a Chapter from Bergson and his Philosophy by J. Alexander Gunn Contributor(s): Bergson, Henri (Author), Mitchell, Arthur (Translator), Gunn, J. Alexander (Author) |
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ISBN: 1406761206 ISBN-13: 9781406761207 Publisher: Bergson Press OUR PRICE: $41.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2016 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 - Science | Cosmology - Philosophy | Individual Philosophers |
| Dewey: 113.8 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.99 lbs) 354 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Creative Evolution" is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Within it, Bergson offers a version of orthogenesis to replace Darwin's evolutionary mechanism, which surmises that evolution is stimulated by a "vital impetus". "Creative Evolution" was hugely popular in the early twentieth century and is highly recommended for those with an interest in evolution and allied subjects. Henri-Louis Bergson (1859-1941) was a French-Jewish philosopher. He had a significant influence on the tradition of continental philosophy during the first half of the twentieth century until World War II, and is famous for his idea that immediate experience and intuition are more important than abstract rationalism and science for understanding the nature of reality. This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with a chapter From "Bergson And His Philosophy" by J. Alexander Gunn. |