Pubblicazioni

Autori:

Cusinato, Guido

Titolo:

Henri Bergson. Creative Evolution and Philosophy of Life

Anno:

2024

Tipologia prodotto:

Prefazione/Postfazione

Tipologia ANVUR:

Prefazione/Postfazione

Lingua:

Inglese

Formato:

Elettronico

Titolo libro:

Henri Bergson. Creative Evolution and Philosophy of Life

ISBN:

9788849880397

Intervallo pagine:

7-14

Parole chiave:

Bergson, Life, evolution

Breve descrizione dei contenuti:

The publication of Henri Bergson's L'Évolution créatrice in 1907 marked a pivotal moment in cultural history. The work was an immediate and overwhelming success, transcending the boundaries of academic philosophy and propelling Bergson to widespread fame. The title itself, placing the concepts of 'evolution' and 'creation' side by side, signalled Bergson's departure from both traditional metaphysics – fixated on an abstract and unchanging ideal being – and prevailing evolutionary theories, which emphasised predetermined adaptation. For Bergson, "creation" remains in stark contrast to mere "fabrication". The latter presupposes the existence of pre-constituted data of reality that are subsequently composed on the basis of norms that are also pre-constituted. By contrast, creation implies that nothing is ever already given: not even the possible, if understood – in the manner of Aristotle, Bergson's great polemical target – as something already destined for the act. So much so that, instead of 'possible', Bergson uses the term 'virtual', a term that alludes to a dimension that never exists and yet is the only place from which a real is born, and with it the possible that will be retrospectively assigned to it. L'Évolution créatrice opened up a radically new perspective that we can only fully grasp today with advances such as those achieved by neo-evolutionism. Hence the idea of devoting this issue to this work.

Pagina Web:

https://rivista.thaumazein.it/index.php/thaum/article/view/291/191

Id prodotto:

142147

Handle IRIS:

11562/1144189

ultima modifica:

29 ottobre 2024

Citazione bibliografica:

Cusinato, Guido, Henri Bergson. Creative Evolution and Philosophy of Life Henri Bergson. Creative Evolution and Philosophy of Life , 2024 , pp. 7-14

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