Vitalismo come esigenza: Claude Bernard e l’indecisione epistemologica della tarda Modernità

Was Claude Bernard a mechanicist or a vitalist?
What we intend to show first is that, with a
careful choice of quotes, it is possible to
prove both claims. Then is it a theoretical
weakness and an epistemological indecision?
The thesis of this essay is that Claude
Bernard's indecision is the epistemological
indecision of Modernity, which has developed a
binary style of thinking, then producing a
series of hybridizations that are both
necessary and improbable. It is a question of
attitudes and demands and the answer is to be
found from both an epistemological and an
anthropological point of view.