Materials and Memory

Author: (French) Bergson, translated by Xiao Wei
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Publish Date: 1999-01-01
Features: In the formation logic of Bergson's philosophy of life, memory plays a very important role, as it relates to whether the duration is fully described. In the effort to transcend materialism and idealism, the author introduces the concept of "body" into the mind-body relationship issue, bringing "action" into philosophy, which makes philosophy present a new form and opens up new developmental paths. Although the philosophy of the 20th century cannot be said to be all directly related to this form, most of the philosophy and thought cannot be without some genius similar to it. This book attempts to determine the relationship between the spirit and the body through the study of memory. In the author's view, perception lies in separating the body from the whole of the object, which may take action on the relevant object. The brain merely continues perception: perception is a virtual action; the state of the brain belongs to an action that has already begun. During the author's argumentation, he restores the spatial extensibility of the body and the duration of perception, thus restoring the two subjectivity elements of consciousness, namely emotion and memory. This book examines pure memory and regards perception in its concrete form as a of pure memory and pure perception, that is, a of thought and matter. This book holds that to elucidate any aspect of the relationship between the body and thought, it is necessary to eliminate or mitigate the triple opposition between spatial extensibility and non-spatial extensibility, quality and quantity, and freedom and necessity.