The Fleeting Systems Lapse Like Foam: La angustia de la evolución (The Fleeting Systems Lapse Like Foam: The Anxiety of Evolution)
Ibercampus (23 Feb. 2014)
6 Pages Posted: 5 Jan 2015
Date Written: February 23, 2014
Abstract
Spanish abstract: En 'El sueño de D'Alembert', Diderot no sólo presenta la teoría de la evolución biológica y cósmica, sino también la experiencia de la angustia producida por la consciencia de la naturaleza evolutiva del universo, y de la propia insustancialidad. Se trata de una teoría estructuralista de la evolución de los seres entendidos como sistemas de relaciones sin sustancia material, sino únicamente informacional, y a ella va unida una concepción narrativa e informacional de la identidad humana.
English abstract: In 'Le Rêve de d'Alembert', Diderot does not only expound a theory of biological and cosmic evolution: he also voices the 'anxiety of evolution' which results from an awareness of the evolutionary nature of the universe, and of personal insubstantiality. The essay presents a structuralist theory of the evolution of beings understood as systems of relationships whose substance is not material but merely informational. A narrative and informational conception of human identity is part of this conception.
Keywords: Evolution, Evolutionary theory, Substance, Identity, Reality, Universe, Becoming, Philosophy, Diderot, Anxiety
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