Matter and Memory (Cosimo Classics) - Softcover

Bergson, Henri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1602065497 ISBN 13: 9781602065499

Publisher: Cosimo Inc, 2007

Synopsis

A monumental work by a Nobel Prize-winner, this 1896 work represents one of the great inquiries into perception and memory, movement and time, matter and mind. Bergson surveys these independent but related spheres, exploring the connection of mind and body to individual freedom of choice.

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From the Back Cover:

In one of his most important philosophical writings, Henri Bergson here discusses how the matter of the brain and the world external to the body create mental impressions and memories. Matter and Memory, first published in 1912, introduced the current selectionist theories of memory, which postulate that there is a part of the brain that generates all possible images to be stored in memory and a part of the brain that chooses which images to store.

Crossing academic disciplines and touching on matters that concern us all--how do we remember, and why?--this essential work will enthrall students of philosophy and psychology and lay readers alike.

About the Author:

French philosopher HENRI BERGSON (1859-1941) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1927, and is said to have influenced thinkers such as Marcel Proust, William James, Santayana, and Martin Heidegger. Among his works are Matter and Memory (1896), An Introduction to Metaphysics (1903), and The Two Sources of Morality and Religion (1932).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cosimo Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1602065497
• ISBN 13: 9781602065499
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 339