L'évolution créatrice

Henri Bergson

Publié par Presses Universitaires de France - PUF

693 pages

Résumé

While intelligence treats everything mechanically, instinct proceeds, so to speak, organically. If...we could ask and it could reply, it would give up to us the most intimate secrets of life. -from Chapter II Anticipating not only modern scientific theories of psychology but also those of cosmology, this astonishing book sets out a impressive goal for itself: to reconcile human biology with a theory of consciousness. First published in France in 1907, and translated into English in 1911, this work of wonder was esteemed at the time in scientific circles and in the popular culture alike for its profound explorations of perception and memory and its surprising conclusions about the nature and value of art. Contending that intuition is deeper than intellect and that the real consequence of evolution is a mental freedom to grow, to change, to seek and create novelty, Bergson reinvigorated the theory of evolution by refusing to see it as merely mechanistic. His expansion on Darwin remains one of the most original and important philosophical arguments for a scientific inquiry still under fire today. French philosopher HENRI BERGSON (1859-1941) was born in Paris. Among his works are Matter and Memory (1896), An Introduction to Metaphysics (1903), and The Two Sources of Morality and Religion (1932). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1927.

L'intuition philosophique - Suivi de De la position des problèmes

La Pensée et le Mouvant

Le Rêve - Suivi de Un chapitre sur les rêves de R.L. Stevenson

La philosophie française [édition intégrale revue et mise à jour]

Le Rire : Essai sur la signification du comique

Matière et mémoire - Essai sur la relation du corps à l'esprit

Durée et simultanéité: à propos de la théorie d'Einstein

Essai sur les données immédiates de la conscience

Critiques