| Description |
xxxix, 271 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Henri Bergson centennial series |
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Henri Bergson centennial series.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Further reading -- Translator's note -- Creative evolution -- Biographical synopses |
| Summary |
"Creative Evolution (1907) is the text that made Bergson world-famous. In this work, Bergson takes the special theory of duration developed in the philosophy of mind in Time and Free Will and Matter and Memory, and generalizes it into a cosmology of life and matter in the field of evolution, of change in biological life. Tackling the concepts of evolution current at the time, Bergson shows how both mechanistic (Neo-Darwinian) and finalist (Neo-Lamarckian) theories of evolution fail to account for the diverse creativity of nature, especially speciation."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Evolution.
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Life.
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Metaphysics.
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| Author |
Ansell-Pearson, Keith, 1960-
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Kolkman, Michael.
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Vaughan, Michael.
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| LC no. |
2007023308 |
| ISBN |
0230517218 (hbk.) |
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9780230517219 (hbk.) |
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