Creative Evolution (Hardcover, 1)

Foreword Elizabeth Grosz Translator’s Introduction Donald A. Landes Creative Evolution, by Henri Bergson, translated by Donald A. Landes Bilingual Table of Contents Introduction 1. On the Evolution of Life. Mechanism and Finality 2. The Diverging Directions of Life: Torpor, Intellect, and Instinct 3. On the Meaning of Life, the Order of Nature, and the Form of the Intellect 4. The Cinematographic Mechanism of Thought and the Mechanistic Illusion. A Glance at the History of Systems. Real Becoming and False Evolutionism. Correspondence, Reception, and Commentaries Introduction 1. Correspondence James?Bergson Correspondence (1907) Letter to H. Wildon Carr (1908) Letter to Florian Znaniecki (1911) 2. Critical Reception in Biology Bergson and Le Dantec in Dialogue "Bergson’s Biology" (1907), by Felix Le Dantec, translated by Kathleen Hulley Letter to the Editor of Revue du mois (1907), by Henri Bergson Ruyer as Reader of Bergson "Bergson and the Ammophila Sphex" (1959), by Raymond Ruyer, translated by Tano S. Posteraro 3. Critical Reception in Mathematics Bergson and Borel in Dialogue "The Evolution of Geometrical Intellect" (1907), by Emile Borel, translated by Kathleen Hulley "In Response to ‘The Evolution of Geometrical Intellect’" (1908), by Henri Bergson "Letter to the Editor of Revue de metaphysique et de morale" (1908), by Emile Borel 4. Critical Reception in Theology Bergson and Tonquedec in Dialogue "Preface" (1912), by Joseph de Tonquedec "How Should We Interpret the Order of the World" (1908), by Joseph de Tonquedec Letter from Bergson to Joseph de Tonquedec (May 12, 1908) "Is Bergson a Monist?" (1912), by Joseph de Tonquedec Letter from Bergson to Joseph de Tonquedec (February 20, 1912) 5. Notable Commentaries Canguilhem as Reader of L’evolution creatrice Commentary on the Third Chapter of L’evolution creatrice (1943), by Georges Canguilhem Merleau-Ponty as Reader of L’evolution creatrice "The Ideas of Bergson," from Merleau-Ponty’s Course on Nature at the College de France (1956?1957), by Maurice Merleau-Ponty, translated by Robert Vallier Deleuze as Reader of L’evolution creatrice "Lecture Course on Chapter Three of Bergson’s ‘Creative Evolution,’" by Gilles Deleuze, translated by Bryn Loban. Critical Apparatus Editorial Endnotes, by Arnaud Francois. Selected, translated, and edited by Donald A. Landes Bibliographies Works by Henri Bergson Bibliography of Works Cited by Bergson in L’evolution creatrice Additional Works Cited in Editorial Endnotes or Translator’s Notes Works Cited in Correspondence, Reception, and Commentaries Notable Reviews of and Contemporary Responses to L’evolution creatrice. Index