Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness - Couverture souple

Bergson, Henri-Louis

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ISBN 10 : 1515423883 ISBN 13 : 9781515423881

Editeur : Gr Press, 2019

Synopsis

Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness is Henri Bergson's doctoral thesis, first published in 1889. In it, he tries to dispel the arguments against free will. These arguments, he says, come from a confusion of different ideas of time. Physicists and mathematicians conceive of time as a measurable construct, much like the spatial dimensions. But in human experience, life is perceived as a continuous and unmeasurable flow, rather than as a succession of marked-off states of consciousness--something that can be measured only qualitatively, not quantitatively. And because human personalities express themselves in acts that cannot be predicted, Bergson declares free will to be an observable fact.

French philosopher Henri-Louis Bergson (1859-1941) was influential in the tradition of continental philosophy, especially during the first half of the 20th century until the Second World War. Bergson is known for his arguments that processes of immediate experience and intuition are more significant than abstract rationalism and science for understanding reality.

He was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize for Literature "in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented." In 1930, France awarded him the Grand-Croix de la Legion d'honneur.

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Henri-Louis Bergson was an influential French philosopher best known for his groundbreaking work in metaphysics, time, consciousness, memory, and creativity. A major figure in 20th-century philosophy, Bergson explored concepts such as duration (durée), free will, intuition, and the nature of human experience, challenging purely mechanistic and materialist views of reality. He is the author of important philosophical works including Creative Evolution, Matter and Memory, and Time and Free Will, which influenced fields ranging from philosophy and psychology to literature and political theory. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, he is still a key figure in French philosophy, existentialism, modern thought, and the study of consciousness and perception.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gr Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1515423883
• ISBN 13: 9781515423881
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 174
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