Harlequin and the creating of the new in Michel Serres
In this article we endeavor to show how the character Harlequin of Michel Serres (France, 1930-2019) embodies in his philosophy the conditions for the appearance of the new. In order to show it, we will first introduce Serres as the creator of characters and a philosopher of narrative. Then we will...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Asociación Latinoamericana de Filosofía de la Educación
2020-08-01
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| Series: | IXTLI |
| Online Access: | http://ixtli.org/revista/index.php/ixtli/article/view/142 |
| Summary: | In this article we endeavor to show how the character Harlequin of Michel Serres (France, 1930-2019) embodies in his philosophy the conditions for the appearance of the new. In order to show it, we will first introduce Serres as the creator of characters and a philosopher of narrative. Then we will focus on Harlequin as the personification of a “third instruction”, the result of the mixing between humanities and the exact sciences. Last but not least, we will establish the relations between mixing (Harlequin) and invention (Pierrot) as a condition for the creating of the new. |
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| ISSN: | 2408-4751 |