TY - JOUR
T1 - Creative evolution and the creation of man
AU - Colebrook, Claire
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - This paper argues that Darwin's theory of evolution offers (at least) two modes of understanding the relation between life and human knowledge. On the one hand, Darwin can be included within a general turn to "life," in which human self-knowledge is part of a general unfolding of increasing awareness and anthropological reflexivity; life creates an organism, man, capable of discerning the logic of organic existence. On the other hand, Darwin offers the possibility of understanding life beyond the self-maintenance of organism and, therefore, beyond the rational of life's putative striving.
AB - This paper argues that Darwin's theory of evolution offers (at least) two modes of understanding the relation between life and human knowledge. On the one hand, Darwin can be included within a general turn to "life," in which human self-knowledge is part of a general unfolding of increasing awareness and anthropological reflexivity; life creates an organism, man, capable of discerning the logic of organic existence. On the other hand, Darwin offers the possibility of understanding life beyond the self-maintenance of organism and, therefore, beyond the rational of life's putative striving.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2010.00024.x
DO - 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2010.00024.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77956153118
SN - 0038-4283
VL - 48
SP - 109
EP - 132
JO - Southern Journal of Philosophy
JF - Southern Journal of Philosophy
IS - SUPPL. 1
ER -