La connaissance vitale de la vie : une parallaxe entre Canguilhem et Plessner
This contribution aims at the inauguration of a philosophical dialogue between two authors who, until today, have never been linked with one another. The text focuses on a comparison between the philosophical anthropology of Helmuth Plessner (1892-1985) and the historical epistemology of Georges Can...
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| description | This contribution aims at the inauguration of a philosophical dialogue between two authors who, until today, have never been linked with one another. The text focuses on a comparison between the philosophical anthropology of Helmuth Plessner (1892-1985) and the historical epistemology of Georges Canguilhem (1904-1995) by intertwining their perspectives in a sequence of three acts: starting with the concept of life, then moving along to the notion of a specific knowledge of life, and finally culminating in the figure of a vital knowledge of life. This guideline is meant to elucidate the genuine parallelism between these two philosophical discourses which, on the level of a sheer genealogical history of ideas, do not seem to be interrelated in any way. Yet, what this essay helps to unveil is the productivity of Canguilhem’s and Plessner’s reflections with a view to a critique of the contemporary life sciences, and also the manner in which their approaches complement and reinforce one another. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1341112bf72c4256b18c06167db022e52025-08-20T02:33:05ZfraÉcole Normale Supérieure de LyonAstérion1762-61102019-12-012110.4000/asterion.4464La connaissance vitale de la vie : une parallaxe entre Canguilhem et PlessnerThomas EbkeThis contribution aims at the inauguration of a philosophical dialogue between two authors who, until today, have never been linked with one another. The text focuses on a comparison between the philosophical anthropology of Helmuth Plessner (1892-1985) and the historical epistemology of Georges Canguilhem (1904-1995) by intertwining their perspectives in a sequence of three acts: starting with the concept of life, then moving along to the notion of a specific knowledge of life, and finally culminating in the figure of a vital knowledge of life. This guideline is meant to elucidate the genuine parallelism between these two philosophical discourses which, on the level of a sheer genealogical history of ideas, do not seem to be interrelated in any way. Yet, what this essay helps to unveil is the productivity of Canguilhem’s and Plessner’s reflections with a view to a critique of the contemporary life sciences, and also the manner in which their approaches complement and reinforce one another.https://journals.openedition.org/asterion/4464history of sciencehistorical epistemologyphilosophical anthropologyphilosophy of lifeFrench-German transfer in philosophical thought |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Ebke La connaissance vitale de la vie : une parallaxe entre Canguilhem et Plessner Astérion history of science historical epistemology philosophical anthropology philosophy of life French-German transfer in philosophical thought |
| title | La connaissance vitale de la vie : une parallaxe entre Canguilhem et Plessner |
| title_full | La connaissance vitale de la vie : une parallaxe entre Canguilhem et Plessner |
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| title_short | La connaissance vitale de la vie : une parallaxe entre Canguilhem et Plessner |
| title_sort | la connaissance vitale de la vie une parallaxe entre canguilhem et plessner |
| topic | history of science historical epistemology philosophical anthropology philosophy of life French-German transfer in philosophical thought |
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