Bergson

Bergson Henri (18 October 1859, Paris —), French philosopher. The starting point of B’s philosophy is a critique of contemporary noetics and psychology. The latter has proclaimed the incommensurability of mental and material activity in principle, but retained the rule that there exists a law-like d...

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Published inBergsoniana no. 3
Main Author Patočka, Jan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bergsoniana 08.08.2023
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Summary:Bergson Henri (18 October 1859, Paris —), French philosopher. The starting point of B’s philosophy is a critique of contemporary noetics and psychology. The latter has proclaimed the incommensurability of mental and material activity in principle, but retained the rule that there exists a law-like determination of mental phenomena. In particular, despite various critiques (Tannery, Brentano), thinkers held in high esteem the Weber-Fechner law, which asserted a mathematically expressible corr...
ISSN:2800-874X
2800-874X
DOI:10.4000/bergsoniana.1090