ULiège - Université de Liège
Critical Life: Bergson, Canguilhem and the Critical Investigation of Life and the Living
Abstract
dc:descriptionThe objective of my research is to offer a critical investigation of life and the living according to Bergson and Canguilhem. The ‘critical’ perspective in this investigation refers to the exploration of the difficulty, controversy and significance of the problematic concept of life in these two different forms of philosophy of life. For Bergson and Canguilhem, it is life that generates questions about knowledge of life and the living. Although Bergson and Canguilhem develop their metaphysical and epistemological approaches of life respectively, they both stand for the reciprocity between life and knowledge. Throughout this critical investigation of their philosophies of life, I would argue that there is continuity between Bergson and Canguilhem on their reflections of the knowledge and thought of life. However, thus far, there has been no recent research that has concentrated on this discussion and clarified the difference between them. This investigation, for this reason, is an attempt to understand the concept of life according to Bergson and Canguilhem from a critical perspective.
Degree
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- ULiège - Université de Liège
- Year dc:date
- 2016
Author and committee
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- Wong, Tai Tak Andy
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Caeymaex, Florence
Subjects
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- Language dc:language
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- info:hdl:2268/201431
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:orbi.ulg.ac.be:2268/201431