6/20/2023 0 Comments Bergson matter and memory![]() ![]() Moreover, some of Bergson’s claims are too strong and need to be examined carefully. ![]() Firstly, it is not put forward in a systematic way and needs to be extrapolated from his more general discourse secondly, it contains inconsistencies and gaps and thirdly, it does not address some obvious issues. But Bergson’s theory of duration is not a completed, finalized theory. ![]() I find the biggest attraction of Bergson is in his attempt to grasp the nature of time and show a way of treating time as metaphysical reality, overcoming difficulties humbly admitted to by St. ![]() This extraction, as well as offering a concise exposition of this theory, also reveals its incomplete and fragmentary nature, and the remainder of this study consists in an attempt to fill in the gaps and respond to questions which arise along the way. My contribution to Bergsonian studies consists in extracting Bergson’s theory of time from his three main texts, Time and Free Will (TFW), Matter and Memory (MM) and Creative Evolution (CE), with references to his other works, The Creative Mind (CM), Duration and Simultaneity (DS), Mind-Energy (ME), The Two Sources of Morality and Religion (TSMR), An Introduction to Metaphysics (Introduction). ![]()
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