The Bergsonian Mind

ISBN-13: 9781032137650 / Miękka / 2023 / 512 str.

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'The Bergsonian Mind is accessible to those recently encountering Bergson’s philosophy, and it is a reserve of nuanced research for Bergson scholars. This much-needed collection will reward those interested in philosophy, political theory, the history of physical sciences, sociology, and aesthetics. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.' - CHOICE

Spis treści

Introduction Mark Sinclair and Yaron Wolf  Part 1: Sources and Scene  1. The Roots of Bergson’s Concept of Duration Reconsidered Mark Sinclair  2. Bergson vs Herbert Spencer: Real Becoming and False Evolutionism Heike Delitz  3. Bergson at the Collège de France Céline Surprenant  Part 2: Mind and World  4. Duration: A Fluid Concept Susanne Guerlac  5. Bergson on the Immediate Experience of Time Yaron Wolf  6. The Perception of Change and Self-Knowledge: Bergson and Kant Yaron Senderowicz  7. On Freedom: Bergson after Kant Matt Barnard  8. Character and Personality: From a Privileged Image of Durée to the Core of a New Metaphysics Donald Landes  9. Subject and Person in Bergson Camille Riquier  10. Attention to Life and Psychopathology John Ó Maoilearca  11. Bergson on the Emotions Keith Ansell-Pearson  12. Bergson’s Social Philosophy of Laughter Stephen Crocker  13. The Naive Realism of Henri Bergson Robert Watt  14. Bergson and Metaphysical Empiricism Stéphane Madelrieux  15. The Psychological Interpretation of Life Tano Posteraro  16. Bergson on Virtuality and Possibility Tatsuya Murayama  17. Bergsonian Metaphysics: Virtuality, Possibility, and Creativity Adrian Moore  18. Reflections on the Notion of System in Creative Evolution Arnaud François  19. Infinite Divisibility vs. Absolute Indivisibility: What Separates Einstein and Bergson Yuval Dolev  Part 3: Ethics and Politics  20. Closed and Open Societies Alexandre Lefebvre and Nils Schott  21. Bergson on Emotion and Ethical Mobilization Arnaud Bouaniche  22. Bergson and Sociobiology Melanie White  23. The Phantom Presence of War in Bergson’s Two Sources Melanie Weill   Part 4: Reception  24. Bergson and William James Jeremy Dunham  25. Bergson and German Philosophy Caterina Zanfi  26. The Vital Impulse and Early 20^th-Century Biology Emily Herring  27. From Time to Temporality: Heidegger’s Critique of Bergson Heath Massey  28. Russell Reading Bergson Andreas Vrahimis  29. The Concept of Substitution in Bergson and Levinas Miguel Paley  30. The Way of the Africans: Césaire, Senghor and Bergson’s Philosophy Souleymane Bachir Diagne  Part 5: Bergson and Contemporary Thought  31. Irreducibility, Indivisibility, and Interpenetration Barry Dainton  32. A Bergsonian Response to McTaggart’s Paradox Matyáš Moravec  33. Bergson and Process Philosophy of Biology Anne Sophie Meincke  34. Bergson as Visionary in Evolutionary Biology Mathilde Tahar  35. ‘Living Pictures’: Bergson, Cinema, and Film Philosophy Dave Deamer  36. Anti-intellectualism: Bergson and Contemporary Encounters Matt Dougherty.  Index

O autorze

Mark Sinclair is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Roehampton, London, UK. He is the author of Bergson (2020) in the Routledge Philosophers series.

Yaron Wolf is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at University College Roosevelt, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.