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Charting Links between Life, Science, and Technique: Georges Canguilhem and Lucien Febvre (2018)

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The article explores theoretical convergences between the work of Georges Canguilhem and Lucien Febvre on the theme of science and technique. In comparing the scholarship of both authors from the 1920s through 1940s, we endeavor to show that their critique of mechanistic determinism was rooted in the concept of the genres of life (not only human) and its creative interaction with the environment.

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Article Fábio Ferreira Almeida (2018) Introduction: Dossier Georges Canguilhem. Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science (pp. 3-7). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Loison, Laurent
Vagelli, Matteo
David M. Peña-Guzmán
Isabel Gabel
Almeida, Fábio Ferreira
Moya-Diez, Ivan
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Epistemology
Historiography
Philosophy of biology
Historical method
Biology
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
France
United States
Japan
Germany
Montana (U.S.)
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