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Matter and memory / Henri Bergson ; authorized translation by Nancy Margaret Paul and W. Scott Palmer.

By: Language: engfre Publication details: New York : Zone Books, 1991.Description: 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0942299051
  • 0942299043
Uniform titles:
  • Matière et mémoire. English.
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Contents:
Of the selection of images for conscious presentation. What our body means and does -- Of the recognition of images. Memory and brain -- Of the survival of images. Memory and mind -- The delimiting and fixing of images. Perception and matter. Soul and body.
Summary: This book affirms the reality of spirit and the reality of matter, and tries to determine the relation of the one to the other by the study of a definite example, that of memory. It is, then, frankly dualistic. But, on the other hand, it deals with body and mind in such a way as, we hope, to lessen greatly, if not to overcome, the theoretical difficulties which have always beset dualism, and which cause it, though suggested by the immediate verdict of consciousness and adopted by common sense, to be held in small honor among philosophers.
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Book Book CGLAS Library Red 194 BER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 10123

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Of the selection of images for conscious presentation. What our body means and does -- Of the recognition of images. Memory and brain -- Of the survival of images. Memory and mind -- The delimiting and fixing of images. Perception and matter. Soul and body.

This book affirms the reality of spirit and the reality of matter, and tries to determine the relation of the one to the other by the study of a definite example, that of memory. It is, then, frankly dualistic. But, on the other hand, it deals with body and mind in such a way as, we hope, to lessen greatly, if not to overcome, the theoretical difficulties which have always beset dualism, and which cause it, though suggested by the immediate verdict of consciousness and adopted by common sense, to be held in small honor among philosophers.

Translation of: Matière et mémoire.