Creative Evolution

E318792
book philosophical work

Creative Evolution is a 1907 philosophical work by Henri Bergson that develops his influential ideas on evolution, time, and élan vital as a creative, dynamic process.

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Creative Evolution canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
addressesConcept duration ⓘ
intuition ⓘ
author Henri Bergson ⓘ
centralQuestion how life evolves as a creative process ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticizes finalist theories of evolution ⓘ
mechanistic theories of evolution ⓘ
field philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of biology ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
genre metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of biology ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle Creative Evolution self-link ⓘ
hasForm non-fiction prose ⓘ
impact major work in Bergson's oeuvre ⓘ
influenced French philosophy ⓘ
process philosophy ⓘ
vitalism ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Darwin ⓘ
Herbert Spencer ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mainSubject evolution ⓘ
time ⓘ
élan vital ⓘ
method critique of scientific concepts of time ⓘ
philosophical intuition ⓘ
notableIdea life as a creative, unpredictable process ⓘ
time as qualitative duration ⓘ
originalTitle L’Évolution créatrice ⓘ
surface form: L'Évolution créatrice
period 20th-century philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalPosition anti-reductionist view of life ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Bergsonianism ⓘ
surface form: Bergsonism
philosophicalTheme creativity in nature ⓘ
dynamic conception of life ⓘ
relationship between life and matter ⓘ
proposesConcept creative evolution ⓘ
élan vital ⓘ
publicationYear 1907 ⓘ
publisher Félix Alcan ⓘ
recognizedAs Bergson's principal work on evolution ⓘ
relatedWork Matter and Memory ⓘ
Time and Free Will ⓘ
structure four chapters ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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Henri Bergson → notableWork → Creative Evolution ⓘ
élan vital (vital impetus) → developedInWork → Creative Evolution ⓘ
subject surface form: élan vital
Matter and Memory → relatedWork → Creative Evolution ⓘ
Creative Evolution → hasEnglishTitle → Creative Evolution self-link ⓘ
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic → relatedWork → Creative Evolution ⓘ
The Two Sources of Morality and Religion → relatedWork → Creative Evolution ⓘ
Louise Neuberger → notableWork → Creative Evolution ⓘ
subject surface form: Henri Bergson