Time and Free Will; An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness
Published on 4. June 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
292 pages
978-1-5287-1574-4 (ISBN)
Description
¿Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness¿ is Bergson's doctoral thesis, which was originally published in 1889. Within it, he deals primarily with the problem of free will, arguing that it is simply a confusion resulting from an illegitimate translation of the unextended into the extended. It is in this essay that he introduces his theory of duration, which became popular amongst continental philosophers in the subsequent century.
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. Other notable works by this author include: ¿The Philosophy of Poetry: The Genius of Lucretius¿ (1884), ¿The Meaning of the War - Life and Matter in Conflict¿ (1915), and ¿Matter and Memory¿ (1896). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with a Chapter From ¿Bergson And His Philosophy¿ by J. Alexander Gunn.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Alcester
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
418 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5287-1574-4 (9781528715744)
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Henri Bergson (1859-1941) was a renowned philosopher whose concept of creative evolution continues to dominate a large area of modern thought. He is known for his arguments that processes of immediate experience and intuition are more significant than abstract rationalism and science for understanding reality. Bergson was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented." In 1930, France awarded him its highest honor, the Grand-Croix de la Legion d'honneur.