The Bergsonian Mind

Author : Mark Sinclair,Yaron Wolf
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429665264

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The Bergsonian Mind by Mark Sinclair,Yaron Wolf Pdf

Henri Bergson (1859–1941) is widely regarded as one of the most original and important philosophers of the twentieth century. His work explored a rich panoply of subjects, including time, memory, free will and humour and we owe the popular term élan vital to a fundamental insight of Bergson’s. His books provoked responses from some of the leading thinkers and philosophers of his time, including Albert Einstein, William James and Bertrand Russell, and he is acknowledged as a fundamental influence on Marcel Proust. The Bergsonian Mind is an outstanding, wide-ranging volume covering the major aspects of Bergson’s thought, from his early influences to his continued relevance and legacy. Thirty-six chapters by an international team of leading Bergson scholars are divided into five clear parts: Sources and Scene Mind and World Ethics and Politics Reception Bergson and Contemporary Thought. In these sections fundamental topics are examined, including time, freedom and determinism, memory, perception, evolutionary theory, pragmatism and art. Bergson’s impact beyond philosophy is also explored in chapters on Bergson and spiritualism, physics, biology, cinema and post-colonial thought. An indispensable resource for anyone in Philosophy studying and researching Bergson’s work, The Bergsonian Mind will also interest those in related disciplines, such as Literature, Religion, Sociology and French Studies.

Author : Henri Bergson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486119243

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The Creative Mind by Henri Bergson Pdf

The Nobel Laureate discusses not only how and why he became a philosopher but also his conception of philosophy as a field distinct from science and literature.

Author : Henri Bergson
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1975-05-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036125917

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Mind-Energy by Henri Bergson Pdf

Author : G. William Barnard
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781438439594

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Living Consciousness by G. William Barnard Pdf

Winner of the 2012 Godbey Authors' Awards presented by the Godbey Lecture Series in Southern Methodist University's Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences Living Consciousness examines the brilliant, but now largely ignored, insights of French philosopher Henri Bergson (1859–1941). Presenting a detailed and accessible analysis of Bergson's thought, G. William Barnard highlights how Bergson's understanding of the nature of consciousness and, in particular, its relationship to the physical world remain strikingly relevant to numerous contemporary fields. These range from quantum physics and process thought to philosophy of mind, depth psychology, transpersonal theory, and religious studies. Bergson's notion of consciousness as a ceaselessly dynamic, inherently temporal substance of reality itself provides a vision that can function as a persuasive alternative to mechanistic and reductionistic understandings of consciousness and reality. Throughout the work, Barnard offers "ruminations" or neo-Bergsonian responses to a series of vitally important questions such as: What does it mean to live consciously, authentically, and attuned to our inner depths? Is there a philosophically sophisticated way to claim that the survival of consciousness after physical death is not only possible but likely?

Author : Mark Sinclair
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781315414911

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Bergson by Mark Sinclair Pdf

Henri Bergson (1859-1941) was one of the most celebrated and influential philosophers of the twentieth century. He was awarded in 1928 the Nobel prize for literature for his philosophical work, and his controversial ideas about time, memory and life shaped generations of thinkers, writers and artists. In this clear and engaging introduction, Mark Sinclair examines the full range of Bergson's work. The book sheds new light on familiar aspects of Bergson’s thought, but also examines often ignored aspects of his work, such as his philosophy of art, his philosophy of technology and the relation of his philosophical doctrines to his political commitments. After an illuminating overview of his life and work, chapters are devoted to the following topics: the experience of time as duration the experience of freedom memory mind and body laughter and humour knowledge art and creativity the élan vital as a theory of biological life ethics, religion, war and modern technology With a final chapter on his legacy, Bergson is an outstanding guide to one of the great philosophers. Including chapter summaries, annotated further reading and a glossary, it is essential reading for those interested in metaphysics, time, free will, aesthetics, the philosophy of biology, continental philosophy and the role of European intellectuals in World War I.

Author : Suzanne Guerlac
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0801444217

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Thinking in Time by Suzanne Guerlac Pdf

"Under the aegis of time Suzanne Guerlac displaces matter, intuition, memory, and vitalism of the early twentieth century into the wake of poststructuralism and the dilemmas of nature and culture here and now. This book is a landmark for anyone working in the currents of philosophy, science, and literature. The force and vision of the work will enthuse and inspire every one of its readers." ―Tom Conley, Harvard University "In recent years, we have grown accustomed to philosophical language that is intensely self-conscious and rhetorically thick, often tragic in tone. It is enlivening to read Bergson, who exerts so little rhetorical pressure while exacting such a substantial effort of thought.... Bergson's texts teach the reader to let go of entrenched intellectual habits and to begin to think differently--to think in time.... Too much and too little have been said about Bergson. Too much, because of the various appropriations of his thought. Too little, because the work itself has not been carefully studied in recent decades."--from Thinking in Time Henri Bergson (1859-1941), whose philosophical works emphasized motion, time, and change, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1927. His work remains influential, particularly in the realms of philosophy, cultural studies, and new media studies. In Thinking in Time, Suzanne Guerlac provides readers with the conceptual and contextual tools necessary for informed appreciation of Bergson's work. Guerlac's straightforward philosophical expositions of two Bergson texts, Time and Free Will (1888) and Matter and Memory (1896), focus on the notions of duration and memory--concepts that are central to the philosopher's work. Thinking in Time makes plain that it is well worth learning how to read Bergson effectively: his era and our own share important concerns. Bergson's insistence on the opposition between the automatic and the voluntary and his engagement with the notions of "the living," affect, and embodiment are especially germane to discussions of electronic culture.

Author : Henri Bergson
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : EAN:8596547754657

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Matter and Memory by Henri Bergson Pdf

Matter and Memory presents an analysis of the classical philosophical problems concerning this relation. Within that frame the analysis of memory serves the purpose of clarifying the problem. Matter and Memory was written in reaction to the book The Maladies of Memory by Théodule Ribot, which appeared in 1881. Ribot claimed that the findings of brain science proved that memory is lodged within a particular part of the nervous system; localized within the brain and thus being of a material nature. Bergson was opposed to this reduction of spirit to matter. Defending a clear anti-reductionist position, he considered memory to be of a deeply spiritual nature, the brain serving the need of orienting present action by inserting relevant memories. The brain thus being of a practical nature, certain lesions tend to perturb this practical function, but without erasing memory as such. The memories are, instead, simply not 'incarnated', and cannot serve their purpose.

Author : Karin Stephen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317830535

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Misuse of Mind by Karin Stephen Pdf

This is Volume IV of five in a series on Epistemology and Metaphysics. Originally published in 1922, this study looks at Henri Bergson's (nineteenth century French Philosopher) attack on intellectualism and his aim to direct attention to the reality which he believes we all actually know already, but misinterpret and disregard because we are biased by preconceived ideas.

Author : Henri Bergson,J. Alexander Gunn
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781447485926

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Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson,J. Alexander Gunn Pdf

“Creative Evolution” is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Within it, Bergson offers a version of orthogenesis to replace Darwin's evolutionary mechanism, which surmises that evolution is stimulated by a "vital impetus". “Creative Evolution” was hugely popular in the early twentieth century and is highly recommended for those with an interest in evolution and allied subjects. Henri-Louis Bergson (1859–1941) was a French-Jewish philosopher. He had a significant influence on the tradition of continental philosophy during the first half of the twentieth century until World War II, and is famous for his idea that immediate experience and intuition are more important than abstract rationalism and science for understanding the nature of reality. This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with a chapter From “Bergson And His Philosophy” by J. Alexander Gunn.

Author : Henri Bergson
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788027246823

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Matter & Memory by Henri Bergson Pdf

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Matter and Memory presents an analysis of the classical philosophical problems concerning this relation. Within that frame the analysis of memory serves the purpose of clarifying the problem. Matter and Memory was written in reaction to the book The Maladies of Memory by Théodule Ribot, which appeared in 1881. Ribot claimed that the findings of brain science proved that memory is lodged within a particular part of the nervous system; localized within the brain and thus being of a material nature. Bergson was opposed to this reduction of spirit to matter. Defending a clear anti-reductionist position, he considered memory to be of a deeply spiritual nature, the brain serving the need of orienting present action by inserting relevant memories. The brain thus being of a practical nature, certain lesions tend to perturb this practical function, but without erasing memory as such. The memories are, instead, simply not 'incarnated', and cannot serve their purpose.

Author : Craig Lundy
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474414326

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Deleuze's Bergsonism by Craig Lundy Pdf

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Author : Jimena Canales
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691173177

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The Physicist and the Philosopher by Jimena Canales Pdf

The explosive debate that transformed our views about time and scientific truth On April 6, 1922, in Paris, Albert Einstein and Henri Bergson publicly debated the nature of time. Einstein considered Bergson's theory of time to be a soft, psychological notion, irreconcilable with the quantitative realities of physics. Bergson, who gained fame as a philosopher by arguing that time should not be understood exclusively through the lens of science, criticized Einstein's theory of time for being a metaphysics grafted on to science, one that ignored the intuitive aspects of time. The Physicist and the Philosopher tells the remarkable story of how this explosive debate transformed our understanding of time and drove a rift between science and the humanities that persists today. Jimena Canales introduces readers to the revolutionary ideas of Einstein and Bergson, describes how they dramatically collided in Paris, and traces how this clash of worldviews reverberated across the twentieth century. She shows how it provoked responses from figures such as Bertrand Russell and Martin Heidegger, and carried repercussions for American pragmatism, logical positivism, phenomenology, and quantum mechanics. Canales explains how the new technologies of the period—such as wristwatches, radio, and film—helped to shape people’s conceptions of time and further polarized the public debate. She also discusses how Bergson and Einstein, toward the end of their lives, each reflected on his rival’s legacy—Bergson during the Nazi occupation of Paris and Einstein in the context of the first hydrogen bomb explosion. The Physicist and the Philosopher is a magisterial and revealing account that shows how scientific truth was placed on trial in a divided century marked by a new sense of time.

Author : Thomas Hanna
Publisher : New York, Columbia U.P
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : BERGSON, HENRI LOUIS,1859-1941
ISBN : UCSC:32106000050424

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The Bergsonian Heritage by Thomas Hanna Pdf

Presents essays to reflect the influence of Henri Bergson in the fields of philosophy, theology and literature. Also details papers from the Bergson Centennial which took place took place in Paris in 1959.

Author : Henri Bergson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1540733025

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Matter and Memory (Illustrated) by Henri Bergson Pdf

Matter and Memory is a book of cognitive philosophy by Henri Bergson which discusses the classic problem of how the human mind and its memories are related to the spirit. Bergson uses the phenomena of memory to construct arguments in favor of the spirit's existence. The various types of memory, and how they are related to the physical world, are discussed. Bergson analyses how memories are formed, what bearing they have on the world, and how they ultimately come to constitute their possessor's innate spirit. This book was originally written by Bergson in response to an essay by Theodule Ribot, who held that all memory could be traced back to the brain's nervous system. Thus, the essence of human memory could be reduced to mere matter, rather than containing a higher, spiritual element. Bergson fervently disagreed with this opinion, and strove to write this thesis as a counter to the notion that the spirit can be reduced to only molecular activity. Today, Matter and Memory is valued less for its philosophical posits on the spirit, and more for its discussion of how memories are established and maintained by the human brain. Bergson's thoughts on this theme are based from quantified scientific observations, and were at the forefront of his field at the close of the 19th century. Several of Bergson's arguments on memory have been confirmed as valid by modern cognitive science, in particular his selectionist theories. First released in 1896, Matter and Memory remains a classic book of cognitive philosophy, uniting the scientific study of the mind and its workings with the philosophical concept of the human spirit."

Author : Henri Bergson
Publisher : Henri Bergson Centennial Series
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015070707453

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Mind-Energy by Henri Bergson Pdf

Henri Bergson (1859-1941) is one of the truly great philosophers of the Modernist period, and there is currently a major renaissance of interest in his unduly neglected texts and ideas amongst philosophers, literary theorists, and social theorists. Mind-Energy is a collection of essays and lectures from the period 1901-13 and has long been out of print. It features essays on life and consciousness, soul and body, mind and brain, and on dreams, memory and the phenomenon of false recognition; the insights Bergson develops in them remain highly pertinent to contemporary work in the philosophy of mind.