Bergson, Complexity and Creative Emergence
This is a book about evolution from a post-Darwinian perspective. It recounts the core ideas of French philosopher Henri Bergson and his rediscovery and legacy in the poststructuralist critical philosophies of the 1960s, and explores the confluences of th
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Bergson, Complexity and Creative Emergence David Kreps
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ISBN 978-1-349-55429-4 ISBN 978-1-137-41220-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137412201 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kreps, David, 1963– Bergson, complexity, and creative emergence / David Kreps, Salford University, UK. pages cm 1. Bergson, Henri, 1859–1941. 2. Evolution (Biology) I. Title. B2430.B43K74 2015 194—dc23
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Contents
List of Illustrations
viii
Abbreviations of Bergson’s Works
ix
1 Introduction On Bergson’s life On Bergson’s legacy On creative emergence
1 3 7 10
2 Bergson’s Core Ideas On method On the intuition philosophique On rationality On intuition On Durée Réelle On the intensity of conscious states On number On the paradoxes of the Eleatics On sheep, abstract number and space On memory and perception On realism and idealism On perception, memory and action On indivisibility and movement On the Élan Vital Definition of terms On Creative Evolution A universe on the model of consciousness
16 16 18 19 22 25 26 30 30 31 34 36 39 46 50 50 56 67
3 Bergson Redux Eclipse The 1960s On Deleuze On the poststructuralist turn On the linguistic turn On structuralism
85 85 88 89 92 93 95
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vi Contents
On poststructuralism On Bergsonian poststructuralism Contemporary resurgence
96 98 100
4 Systems Theory Grows Up On Genealogy Concerning metaphilosophy and root metaphors Considering the discursive format
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