HANS DRIESCH’S METHODOLOGICAL PROOFS FOR THE NEO-VITALISTIC CONCEPT Cover Image

HANSA DRIESCHA METODOLOGICZNE DOWODY NA RZECZ KONCEPCJI NEOWITALISTYCZNEJ
HANS DRIESCH’S METHODOLOGICAL PROOFS FOR THE NEO-VITALISTIC CONCEPT

Author(s): Dariusz Szkutnik
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Teologiczno-Pastoralny im. św. Józefa Sebastiana Pelczara w Rzeszowie
Keywords: entelechy; psychoid; harmonious equipotential system; prospective power; prospective meaning; genetics; organic movements

Summary/Abstract: The article showed Hans Driesch’s (1867−1941) evidence in favour of his neo-vitalistic concept. Although the first „proof of vitalism’’ led him to valuable scientific dicoveries, focusing on identifying and defining the basic morphogenetic processes (totipotency, within the processes of regeneration, prospective power and prospective meaning), other „evidence” are the concepts, which do not offer any revealing cognitive content both in the area of genetics and within the movements of organic animals including humans. However, they have specifically methodological value that is worthy of attention within widely understood the philosophy of nature.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 477-493
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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