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Hans jonas, wissenschaft as personal experience brief memoir, the hastings center report 32. My aim in this presentation is to analyze hans jonas s postdualistic philosophy of life articulated in his work, the phenomenon of life, against the backdrop of max schelers philosophical anthropology. A descriptive view on hans jonas ethics 193 defending panpsychism that everything has an aspect of psyche or mind, jonas perceived life as a basic phenomenon of nature jonas 1966, 7. Request pdf on dec 1, 2003, alain beaulieu published the phenomenon of life. Hans jonas, on the subjects of a philosophy of life, in the phenomenon of life evanston, northwestern university. From hans jonas and jan patockas thought, we pretend to show that the first ethical problem is that of its. The phenomenon of life pdf download full pdf read book. Viewing 1 post of 1 total author posts december 16, 2020 at 3. Professor jonas has collected here eleven essays, and nine shorter discussions. A classic of phenomenology and existentialism and arguably jonass greatest work, the phenomenon of life sets forth a systematic and comprehensive. Pdf the phenomenon of life by hans jonas 9780810117495. If you want to learn more about this philosophical school, the stanford encyclopedia of philosophy article is a good summary and pretty accessible.
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