Henri Bergson: Metaphysics, Intuition, and Duration

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Michael Granado

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@jasonjacoby 10 ай бұрын

This reminds me so much of the story of Odin throwing his eye down the well.

@MichaelGranado1 10 ай бұрын

I haven't heard that one, similar to Zenos paradox?

@jasonjacoby 10 ай бұрын

@@MichaelGranado1 basically, Odin had to pluck out his eye and drop it into a well that granted wisdom to anyone who drank from it, but with the eye at the bottom of the well he could see (and know) everything, and the inevitable end.

@jasonjacoby 10 ай бұрын

@@MichaelGranado1 I might be more than a little obsessed with black holes and our perception of time :)

@MichaelGranado1 10 ай бұрын

Interesting. I, admittedly. Know next to nothing about Norse mythology. I'll have to go check it out. Zenos paradoxes have a long history in philosophy, so worth looking into if you find that stuff interesting. There is a really good standard encyclopedia page on it.

@climatedamage1811 9 ай бұрын

Metaphysics an introduction library of liberal arts editor notes

@louisbrassard9565 8 күн бұрын

Bergson interest on duration predates the developments in modern physics: relativity and quantum mechanics and thus are not a reaction to these developments. But his philosophy was greatly influences by the development in the theories of biological evolution and cosmic evolution (Spencer) but his philosophy oppose not so much the contents of these theories but the overall materialist metaphysics onto which these scientific theories are based but he did not have the time in his life to go lay the foundation of an alternative but only draw disparate vague contours of what it could be. No one when much further after his death although many tried.

@eddiebeato5546 Ай бұрын

Thank you for posting! Michael! Your elucidation of Bergson’s ideas of time is quite impressive!

@MichaelGranado1 Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and for the kind words! Bergson is worth the read. I'm glad you found this helpful.

@ArtyMami 3 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing this - I appreciate you + your work!!! 🫶💛✨

@MichaelGranado1 3 күн бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

@climatedamage1811 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for clear presentation.

@MichaelGranado1 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@SunAndMoon-zc9vd 4 ай бұрын

I like your style, mr. Granado. Interesting video. The reason I was drawn to Bergson now is that I was reading Gille Deleuze some time back, but realised that one should know parts of Bergson to better be able to understand Deleuze.

@MichaelGranado1 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! I need to read more Deleuze. Most of my focus has been on Bergson and Bachelard.

@SunAndMoon-zc9vd 4 ай бұрын

@@MichaelGranado1 Thank you, for your video. I read Deleuze's book "Difference and Repetition", but it is so "obscure" for me that I felt I maybe only got 5-10% of it. That's when I checked and found out about Bergson - that one should read Bergson to better be able to understand Deleuze. I have yet to read Bergson and Bachelard, but I now have Bergson on my reading list :)

@rmphilosophy 2 ай бұрын

Excellent thank you.

@MacSmithVideo 15 күн бұрын

The map (physical model) is not the territory (the real).

@morphixnm Ай бұрын

Does Bergson anywhere relate his ideas about time to those of Aristotle?

@MichaelGranado1 Ай бұрын

He makes reference to Aristotle quite a bit, but I don't think he explicitly engages with him directly. At least not in his major works? He does reference Aristotle in Time and Free Will, as well other Greeks (especially Parmenides). I could be mistaken though. I did find a article putting the two in conversation though: doaj.org/article/f3a0297694e5409f98465458e2048569

@morphixnm Ай бұрын

@@MichaelGranado1 Hello and thank you so much for the reference, which I will be reading today. I also want to thank you for your explanations about theories of time, they’ve been very clear and informative. I have been working on developing a framework regarding time and the nature of now that begins with Aristotle's idea that time is no more than a measure of change. From what I can find, this premise has never been fully followed through to its logical and many implications, and so finding connections between Aristotle and later philosopher's exploration of temporality is of real value to me.

@ceebs648 8 ай бұрын

Excellent overview, thanks! Subscribed 🙌🏼

@MichaelGranado1 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. I'm currently finishing up some writing, but more French philosophy coming in the next month or so!

@ceebs648 8 ай бұрын

@@MichaelGranado1 great to hear, thanks for the heads up. I’m looking forward to it.

@yanglionel1369 8 ай бұрын

In my opinion, to Bergson, the fundamental of reality is consciousness, the function of consciousness is intuition and the property of consciousness is memory. The empirical reduction of scientism would only lead to the perpetual separation between the observer and the observed, denied the vital force for humanity. Science, in Bergson view, has degraded to mere mechanical maniac, rather than of metaphysics of human elevation. In Ian McGilchrist’s term, the hijack of a much inferior analytical hemisphere over the superior hemisphere of intuition, the control for power & certainty rather than flow & creativity (in certain aspect, evil permeated over good). In Rupert Sheldrake’s term, the heredity of atheistic naturalism & individualistic heroism since Scientific Revolution to get rid of God and purpose. This materialistic worldview has dominated all aspects of human lives , socially constructed the projection of mechanistic existence over free will.