TY - JOURS T1 - Der Kausalitätsbegriff in seinem Verhältnis zum Vitalismus GROHMANN, GERBERT JAS - Jahr für Goethe. JF - Jahrbuch für Goetheanismus PY - 2003 VL - 2003 SP - 7 EP - 19 DO - 10.18756/jfg.2003.7 SN - Print :1866-4830 Online : 2750-2341 LA - de N2 - N1 - The concept of causality in relation to vitalismThis hitherto unpublished part of the early work of Gerbert Grohmann 18971957 presents the philosophical contribution belonging to his doctoral thesis in natural sciences submitted in 1923 to the philosopher Hans Driesch 18671941 at the university of Leipzig Germany Originally a biologist Driesch was the founder of neovitalism which he developed by pioneering experimental works on seaurchin embryos in Naples Italy Driesch closely linked his neovitalism with Aristotles philosophy This resulted in appointments to professorships at the universities of Aberdeen Heidelberg Cologne and finally Leipzig Driesch increasingly tended towards a psychological interpretation of the vital force Therefore he called it apsychoid a soullike quality Grohmann however explained in a classical way in his now published philosophical contribution that life can be reduced neither to mere causalism nor to purposeful psychism Driesch accepted Grohmanns contribution with the statement that its content did not share his own understanding life But Driesch gave it the highest mark because of Grohmanns clear arguments and excellent sequence of argumentationnbsp AB - ST - Der Kausalitätsbegriff in seinem Verhältnis zum Vitalismus UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.18756/jfg.2003.7 Y2 - 2024-05-19 03:39:48 ER -