Canguilhem and Continental Philosophy of Biology

This edited volume presents papers on this alternative philosophy of biology that could be called “continental philosophy of biology,” and the variety of positions and solutions that it has spawned. In doing so, it contributes to debates in the history and philosophy of science and the history of ph...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bianco, Giuseppe (Editor), Wolfe, Charles T. (Editor), Van de Vijver, Gertrudis (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface/Foreword/Introduction
  • 1. “Unknown material”?
  • 2. Georges Canguilhem and mechanism
  • 3. Georges Canguilhem and Kant. Biological normativity and the Third Critique
  • 4. Knowledge about life or knowledge as life? Canguilhem and Kant on concepts as preserved problems
  • 5. Canguilhem and the current debate on the Kantian idea of organism at the Institut d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques
  • 6. Neither Brute nor Angel: Ouroboric Thought in Canguilhem, Merleau-Ponty
  • 7. Georges Canguilhem and the promise of the flesh
  • 8. Marjorie Grene and Georges Canguilhem: Philosophy and Biology before (and after) the Rise of Philosophy of Biology
  • 9. The Multiple Lives Of Marjorie Grene
  • 10. Kurt Goldstein's Impact on Georges Canguilhem's Notion of Illness. Some more or less philosophical considerations
  • 11. Georges Canguilhem’s Rationalist Vitalism
  • 12. “Dilettantes of life.” Franco-German refractions of anthropogenesis in 20th century thought
  • 13. Levels of the Organic and the Social: Marxism and Philosophical Anthropology
  • 14. Auto-organizing Life: Canguilhem, Serres and the Groupe des Dix
  • 15. A Bergsonian Perspective on Evolution - Mathilde Tahar-Malussena