Book | Chapter
Plessner's conceptual investigations of "life"
structural narratology
pp. 121-146
Abstract
Neither biological research nor speculative philosophy, Plessner's efforts, like those of Wittgenstein, were devoted towards conceptual investigation, in this case of the concept of "life'. The results of such investigation, I propose, amount to a structural narratology. "What do we mean when we talk of "life"'? "What are "humans"'? Answers to these questions involve narrative.
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Honenberger Phillip (2016) Naturalism and philosophical anthropology: Nature, life, and the human between transcendental and empirical perspectives. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Pages: 121-146
Full citation:
Davis Scott (2016) „Plessner's conceptual investigations of "life": structural narratology“, In: P. Honenberger (ed.), Naturalism and philosophical anthropology, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 121–146.