Creative evolution / / Henri Bergson ; authorized translation by Arthur Mitchell

• Autore: Bergson Henri <1859-1941.>
• Pubblicazione: London, : Electric Book Co., c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (371 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Evolution; Metaphysics
• Altri autori: MitchellArthur <1872-1953.>
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Translator's Note -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I The Evolution Of Life-Mechanism And Teleology -- Unorganized bodies -- Organized bodies -- Individuality and age -- Transformism -- Radical finalism -- Insensible variation -- Variation and heredity -- Result of the discussion -- The vital impetus -- CHAPTER II The Divergent Directions of the Evolution of Life. Torpor, Intelligence, Instinct -- Adaptation and progress -- The plant and the animal -- Animal life -- Development of animal life -- Intelligence and instinct -- The nature of instinct -- Life and consciousness -- CHAPTER III On the Meaning of Life-The Order of Nature and the Form of Intelligence -- Science and philosophy -- Intellect and materiality -- The geometrical order -- Geometry and deduction -- Geometry and induction -- Physical laws -- The idea of disorder -- Laws and genera -- Two kinds of order -- Ideal genesis of matter -- The meaning of evolution -- CHAPTER IV The Cinematographical Mechanism of Thought and the Mechanistic Illusion-A Glance at the History of Systems -Real Becoming and False Evolutionism -- The idea of 'nothing' -- Form and becoming -- Plato and Aristotle -- Modern science -- Parallelism and monism -- The Kantian criticism -- The evolution of Spencer.
• Titolo autorizzato: Creative evolution
• ISBN: 1-4619-1162-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820424003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II