Abstract
This article, supported with a translation of a key passage, introduces Georges Canguilhem’s Essai sur quelques problèmes concernant le normal et le pathologique to Finnish readers. It consists of an introduction to Canguilhem's background, a presentation of Essai's main argument and technical remarks on translation. Essai continues to be a thought-provoking text in the history and philosophy of science, in the tradition marked by Bachelard and Cavaillès. Influenced by Alain, Goldstein, and more implicitly Nietszche, Canguilhem defines health not as normality but normativity, i.e. the capacity to institute new vital norms.
| Translated title of the contribution | The normativity of Life: Clinique and Health in Canguilhem's Le normal et le pathologique |
|---|---|
| Original language | Finnish |
| Journal | Tiede & edistys |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 171-182 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISSN | 0356-3677 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Fields of Science
- 611 Philosophy
- Philosophy of Science
- Epistemology
- History of Philosophy
- Canguilhem
- Bergson
- Alain
- Goldstein
- Nietzsche