Time and Free Will
An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Free Will & Determinism
| Author: | Henri Bergson | ISBN: | 9780486119717 |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications | Publication: | July 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications | Language: | English |
| Author: | Henri Bergson |
| ISBN: | 9780486119717 |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications |
| Publication: | July 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications |
| Language: | English |
Bergson argues for free will by showing that the arguments against it come from a confusion of different conceptions of time. As opposed to physicists' idea of measurable time, life is perceived in human experience as a continuous and immeasurable flow rather than as a succession of marked-off states of consciousness.
Bergson argues for free will by showing that the arguments against it come from a confusion of different conceptions of time. As opposed to physicists' idea of measurable time, life is perceived in human experience as a continuous and immeasurable flow rather than as a succession of marked-off states of consciousness.
