Bergson's ideas and theories on time and free will
Title: Bergson's ideas and theories on time and free will Category:Social Sciences / Philosophy Details: Words: 758 | Pages: 3.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Bergson's ideas and theories on time and free will
Time and space. Duration. Two separate entities according to Bergson. As separate as oil and water placed in the same container. He claimed that in order to understand free will, we had to first discern what truly makes up and constitutes the abilities given to us so as to allow for a creature of our coherence to make decisions for ourselves. But when looking at a timeline, given that it is no longer a duration of experience, is it necessarily a line, or a series …showed first 85 words of 758 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 758 total…for more. Both are physical and are on such complete different levels that extensive magnitude seems the only viable option.
Bergson's ideas are very well formulated and make sense otherwise. His theories on multiplicities are astounding and the experiments he used to illustrate the rest of his ideas are very insightful. Separating time and space and duration was something I never thought about and his ideas on how life is one big experience are ones that I plan on adding and adapting to my own.
