Living in Time: The Philosophy of Henri Bergson

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Barry Allen (Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy, Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy, McMaster University)

Living in Time

The Philosophy of Henri Bergson

Barry Allen (Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy, Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy, McMaster University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
22 October 2023

Philosophy; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; History of ideas

Henri Bergson (1859-1941) was once the most famous philosopher in the world, but his reputation waned in the latter half of the 20th century. Barry Allen here makes the case for Bergson as a great philosopher, one whose thought has much to contribute to contemporary philosophical questions. Living in Time presents chapters on each of Bergson's four major works, explaining his theories of time, perception, memory, and panpsychic consciousness, his innovative concept of virtual existence, his objection to Darwin, his controversy with Einstein, his philosophy of creative evolution, and his social philosophy of closed and open society.

In particular Allen focusses on Bergson's powerful ideas on time. Classical arguments for determinism fallaciously apply spatial concepts to consciousness; once we take time seriously, which means acknowledging its reality as duration and its difference from space, Bergson showed that the arguments for determinism become insupportable. Bergson's ideas on time and evolution offer a comparison with Nietzsche, which Allen develops, exposing both philosophical concurrence and systematic difference. The book's conclusion discusses the question of Bergson and naturalism and summarizes the ontology of the virtual that emerges as a core part of Bergson's thought.

By: Barry Allen (Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy McMaster University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 212mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 422g
ISBN: 9780197671610
ISBN 10: 0197671616
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 22 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Chapter One. Taking Time Seriously Chapter Two. Making Memory Matter Chapter Three. Élan Vital Chapter Four. Open and Closed Conclusion Index

Barry Allen is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario. He has held visiting appointments at universities in Jerusalem, Shanghai, Istanbul, and Hong Kong, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is the author of Empiricisms and Vanishing Into Things: Knowledge in Chinese Tradition.

Reviews for Living in Time: The Philosophy of Henri Bergson

For practically the first time I get a sense of why Bergson is so important and why his thinking, in some quarters at least, got so much respect. * Michael Ruse, Florida State University *