Charting Links between Life, Science, and Technique

Georges Canguilhem and Lucien Febvre

Authors

  • Carlos Estellita-Lins Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - Fiocruz
  • Flavio Coelho Edler Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - Fiocruz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24117/2526-2270.2018.i4.09

Keywords:

Technique, Genres of life, Annales, Georges Canguilhem, Lucien Febvre

Abstract

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.

Author Biography

  • Flavio Coelho Edler, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - Fiocruz

    Departamento de Pesquisa da Casa de Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz

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Published

2018-06-10

Issue

No. 4 (2018): Dossier Georges Canguilhem

Section

Dossiers (Issue-specific topics)

License

Copyright (c) 2018 Carlos Estellita-Lins, Flavio Coelho Edler

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

“Charting Links Between Life, Science, and Technique: Georges Canguilhem and Lucien Febvre”. 2018. Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science, no. 4 (June). https://doi.org/10.24117/2526-2270.2018.i4.09.