Essai sur les données immédiates de la conscience
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Essai sur les données immédiates de la conscience is a foundational 1889 philosophical work by Henri Bergson that explores the nature of time, consciousness, and free will through the concept of durée (duration).
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French-language book
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book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | philosophy ⓘ |
| academicOrigin | doctoral thesis ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
mechanistic determinism
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psychological atomism ⓘ spatialization of time ⓘ |
| author | Henri Bergson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
freedom is rooted in the continuity of conscious duration
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inner duration cannot be adequately represented by spatialized, homogeneous time ⓘ time is lived as qualitative duration rather than as quantitative succession of instants ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| examines |
nature of conscious states
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problem of free will and determinism ⓘ relationship between quantitative time and qualitative duration ⓘ |
| genre |
metaphysics
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phenomenology ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| influenced |
French spiritualism
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existentialism ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ process philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Immanuel Kant
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nineteenth-century psychology ⓘ psychophysics ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
inner duration
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intuition ⓘ qualitative multiplicity ⓘ quantitative multiplicity ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
consciousness
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duration ⓘ free will ⓘ time ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of the application of quantitative methods to inner experience
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defense of a non-mechanistic conception of freedom ⓘ introduction of the concept of durée in Bergson’s philosophy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcept | durée ⓘ |
| philosophicalMovement | Bergsonism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
French philosophy
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continental philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1889 ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor |
L’Évolution créatrice
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Matière et mémoire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | three chapters ⓘ |
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