Locating Freedom in Bergson's Time and Free Will
The question of the nature of free will remains a perennial challenge for philosophy. The French philosopher Henri Bergson was one who sought to address this challenge. He argued that traditional conceptions of the free-will debate would not suffice. He suggested that both determinist and libertaria...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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2023
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Process studies
Anno: 2023, Volume: 52, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 263-280 |
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Bergson, Henri 1859-1941, Essai sur les données immédiates de la conscience
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| Notazioni IxTheo: | NBE Antropologia TJ Età moderna VA Filosofia |
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| Riepilogo: | The question of the nature of free will remains a perennial challenge for philosophy. The French philosopher Henri Bergson was one who sought to address this challenge. He argued that traditional conceptions of the free-will debate would not suffice. He suggested that both determinist and libertarian accounts fall foul of spatializing tendencies. Bergson's first major work, Time and Free Will, sought to ground his understanding of freedom, in contrast to traditional understandings, in the concept of duration. Bergson, however, actively resisted attempts to define clearly freedom, which he believed ultimately leads to a spatializing of freedom. By attending to Bergson's concept of duration in Time and Free Will, and how this concept relates to freedom, it becomes possible to articulate a positive conception of freedom. This becomes important when arguing for the validity of Bergson's ideas in the current climate. Thus, a positive conception of freedom for Bergson can be "defined" as "the creation of the new within the flow of duration." It is, however, not something that can be defined, but is something that can be located. |
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| ISSN: | 2154-3682 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Process studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5406/21543682.52.2.07 |
