Henri Bergson: Metaphysics, Intuition, and Duration

In this video I review the metaphysics of Henri Bergson. The focus will be on Bergson's method of intuition and what it reveals about the nature of time.
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[@climatedamage1811]

Thanks for clear presentation.

[@MichaelGranado1]

Thanks for watching!

[@ceebs648]

Excellent overview, thanks! Subscribed 🙌🏼

[@MichaelGranado1]

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

[@ceebs648]

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

[@jasonjacoby]

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

[@MichaelGranado1]

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

[@jasonjacoby]

@@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]

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

[@MichaelGranado1]

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]

Metaphysics an introduction library of liberal arts editor notes

[@yanglionel1369]

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.