Books by Henri Bergson

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La collection « Connaître un philosophe » vous offre la possibilité de tout savoir de Bergson, grâce à une analyse complète de sa pensée. La rédaction, claire et accessible, a été confiée à un spécialiste universitaire. Cette fiche de lecture répond à une charte qualité mise en place par une équipe d'enseignants. Ce livre contient la biographie de Bergson, l'analyse de sa pensée, la bibliographie de l'auteur et la citation de Lionel Dauriac au sujet de Bergson.

The basic principles that Bergson articulates, especially his way of thinking about reality as a dynamic process and his view of human beings as creative and evolving, should be helpful to anyone who seeks to go beyond simply dealing with the practical demands of daily life and consider the nature of things. Of special importance is Bergson’s claim that it is both possible and necessary to know from the inside rather than confining our attention to external perspectives and points of view. Intuition is able to get beyond what is relative and place us inside reality. This essay is, as the title says, an introduction. But if we think there is more to a human being — and even to nature itself — than material structures alone, perhaps the time has come to take a fresh look at Bergson’s essay. In "An Introduction to Metaphysics," Bergson traces the demise of metaphysics to the failure of both scientific materialism and dogmatism and to the immense success of a kind of pragmatism that promised liberation from the fruitless battles among various schools of philosophy. He also rejects relativism and criticizes the vacuum that is created when philosophers refuse to inquire about the nature of reality. To avoid metaphysics easily leads to a worldview shaped by unexamined ideas and hidden presuppositions. Henri Bergson was born in the year that Darwin published the Origin of the Species. He could not have imagined the philosophical impact of evolutionary theory, which is now so great that Bergson’s philosophy, which emphasizes "creative evolution," is experiencing a significant revival. The basic principles that Bergson articulates, especially his way of thinking about reality as a dynamic process and his view of human beings as creative and evolving, should be helpful to anyone who seeks to go beyond simply dealing with the practical demands of daily life and consider the nature of things.

Le Rire : essai sur la signification du comiquePourquoi rions-nous de voir quelqu'un trébucher ? Pour quelles raisons Molière continue-t-il de nous amuser ? Comment expliquer qu'un jeu de mots ou un trait d'esprit prêtent à sourire ? Dans Le Rire, qu'il publie en 1900, Bergson apporte à ces questions des réponses décisives. S'appuyant sur des exemples quotidiens et de nombreuses références littéraires, il décrypte les formes du comique pour y déceler un ressort commun : l'"interférence de deux séries", c'est-à-dire la présence simultanée de deux éléments distincts ou incompatibles. Au passage, il ne manque pas d'analyser le rôle social ambivalent d'un réflexe qui tout à la fois manifeste l'élan vital et brime les comportements hors normes. Si cette oeuvre, qui doit beaucoup à une tradition classique, méconnaît les manifestations transgressives, sombres, ludiques ou absurdes, du rire, elle n'en demeure pas moins capitale pour qui veut comprendre le "propre de l'homme".

Matter and Memory presents an analysis of the classical philosophical problems concerning this relation. Within that frame the analysis of memory serves the purpose of clarifying the problem. Matter and Memory was written in reaction to the book The Maladies of Memory by Théodule Ribot, which appeared in 1881. Ribot claimed that the findings of brain science proved that memory is lodged within a particular part of the nervous system; localized within the brain and thus being of a material nature. Bergson was opposed to this reduction of spirit to matter. Defending a clear anti-reductionist position, he considered memory to be of a deeply spiritual nature, the brain serving the need of orienting present action by inserting relevant memories. The brain thus being of a practical nature, certain lesions tend to perturb this practical function, but without erasing memory as such. The memories are, instead, simply not ''incarnated'', and cannot serve their purpose.

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Matter and Memory is a book of cognitive philosophy by Henri Bergson which discusses the classic problem of how the human mind and its memories are related to the spirit.Bergson uses the phenomena of memory to construct arguments in favor of the spirit's existence. The various types of memory, and how they are related to the physical world, are discussed. Bergson analyses how memories are formed, what bearing they have on the world, and how they ultimately come to constitute their possessor's innate spirit. This book was originally written by Bergson in response to an essay by Théodule Ribot, who held that all memory could be traced back to the brain's nervous system. Thus, the essence of human memory could be reduced to mere matter, rather than containing a higher, spiritual element. Bergson fervently disagreed with this opinion, and strove to write this thesis as a counter to the notion that the spirit can be reduced to only molecular activity.

Matter and Memory is a book of cognitive philosophy by Henri Bergson which discusses the classic problem of how the human mind and its memories are related to the spirit.Bergson uses the phenomena of memory to construct arguments in favor of the spirit's existence. The various types of memory, and how they are related to the physical world, are discussed. Bergson analyses how memories are formed, what bearing they have on the world, and how they ultimately come to constitute their possessor's innate spirit. This book was originally written by Bergson in response to an essay by Théodule Ribot, who held that all memory could be traced back to the brain's nervous system. Thus, the essence of human memory could be reduced to mere matter, rather than containing a higher, spiritual element. Bergson fervently disagreed with this opinion, and strove to write this thesis as a counter to the notion that the spirit can be reduced to only molecular activity.

Materie und Gedächtnis (französisch Matière et Mémoire) ist ein Werk des französischen Philosophen Henri Bergson. Es handelt von den unterschiedlichen Funktionen und Formen des Gedächtnisses und gibt auf dieser Grundlage auch eine Antwort auf das Körper-Geist-Problem. Die auf Bergsons Zeitkonzeption (1889) aufbauende Abhandlung erschien 1896 und zählt zu den vier Hauptwerken des Philosophen. Henri-Louis Bergson (1859/1941) war ein französischer Philosoph und Nobelpreisträger für Literatur 1927. Er gilt neben Friedrich Nietzsche und Wilhelm Dilthey als bedeutendster Vertreter der Lebensphilosophie. Inhalt: . I. Von der Auswahl der Bilder bei der Vorstellung. Die Funktion des Leibes . II. Vom Wiedererkennen der Bilder. Gedächtnis und Gehirn . III. Allmählicher Übergang von den Erinnerungen zu den Bewegungen. Wiedererkennung und Aufmerksamkeit. . IV. Von der Abgrenzung und Fixierung der Bilder. Wahrnehmung und Materie. Seele und Leib . Zusammenfassung und Schluß

L'Evolution créatrice (3ème éd.) / par Henri Bergson, ..Date de l'édition originale: 1907[L'évolution créatrice (français)]Le présent ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la littérature Française mise en place avec la BNF. HACHETTE LIVRE et la BNF proposent ainsi un catalogue de titres indisponibles, la BNF ayant numérisé ces oeuvres et HACHETTE LIVRE les imprimant à la demande. Certains de ces ouvrages reflètent des courants de pensée caractéristiques de leur époque, mais qui seraient aujourd'hui jugés condamnables. Ils n'en appartiennent pas moins à l'histoire des idées en France et sont susceptibles de présenter un intérêt scientifique ou historique. Le sens de notre démarche éditoriale consiste ainsi à permettre l'accès à ces oeuvres sans pour autant que nous en cautionnions en aucune façon le contenu. Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr

Bergson's essay Dreams, was originally published in 1914. It was a conference given by Bergson, a year after Freud's Interpretation of Dreams. The lecture describes dreaming and outlines Bergson's own inbetween position betwixt materialism and idealism.

?Bergson is brilliant, and he is in close touch with the life of men. He is always worth reading for his intellectual strength and his insight into things spiritual. In this book Bergson is found at his best.?-Boston Transcript