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A monumental work by an important modern philosopher,
Matter and Memory (1896) represents one of the great inquiries into perception and memory, movement and time, matter and mind. Nobel Prize-winner Henri Bergson surveys these independent but related spheres, exploring the connection of mind and body to individual freedom of choice. Bergson’s efforts to reconcile the facts of biology to a theory of consciousness offered a challenge to the mechanistic view of nature, and his original and innovative views exercised a profound influence on other philosophers--including James, Whitehead, and Santayana--as well as novelists such as Dos Passos and Proust.
Matter and Memory is essential to an understanding of Bergson’s philosophy and its legacy.
Synopsis
A monumental work by a Nobel Prize-winner, this 1896 work represents one of the great inquiries into perception and memory, movement and time, matter and mind. Bergson surveys these independent but related spheres, exploring the connection of mind and body to individual freedom of choice.
Synopsis
A monumental work by an important philosopher, Matter and Memory represents one of the great inquiries into perception and memory, movement and time, matter and mind. Henri Bergson surveys these independent but related spheres, exploring the connection of mind and body to individual freedom of choice. Essential to an understanding of Bergson's philosophy and its legacy, this volume appears on the Malaspina Great Books Core Reading List.