Mind-Energy brings together Bergson's most important lectures and articles between the years 1901 and 1913 in the philosophy of mind and the metaphysics of time. Here we see Bergson building conceptual bridges between his earlier theory of mind (in Matter and Memory) and the later philosophy of biology found in Creative Evolution ('Life and Consciousness'), as well as forwarding a radically innovative theory of memory and brain-function ('The Soul and the Body') based on a theory of 'attention to life' that still today mounts a challenge to the orthodoxies of cognitive science. Alongside these enhancements of Bergsonian thought, moreover, we also find Bergson making fascinating speculative interventions in the fields of psychical research and dream-theory, before finally presenting some of his most original philosophical ideas in two famous essays. In 'Memory of the Present and False Recognition', what begins ostensibly as an analysis of deja vu turns into an astounding new theory of the co-engendering of past and present, one that has been vital in the development of the concept of the Virtual in the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze; and in 'Intellectual Effort' we have a sustained investigation into representation ('images') that eventually proposes a theory of dynamic meaning based on force and affect ('feeling'), one with huge resonances for contemporary Kantian, post-Kantian, and post-phenomenological thought.
This new, critical edition makes these vitally important texts available again, using the original, authorised translation by H. Wildon Carr, adding a guide to further reading and a new introduction by Bergson scholar, Keith Ansell Pearson.
'Palgrave Macmillan is to be congratulated for reissuing these classic Bergson texts. This is a timely decision since Bergson was the great thinker of life and it seems, nearly one hundred years later, that we find ourselves once again required to conceive life. Keith Ansell Pearson and John Mullarkey have been at the forefront of the new conception of life, therefore no better editors for these volumes could be selected.' - Professor Leonard Lawlor, Department of Philosophy, University of Memphis, USA
'Long absent from the center of discussion in Western philosophy, Bergson has recently made a reappearance. The Centennial Series of his works undertaken by Palgrave Macmillan thus comes at an opportune time, making it possible for those interested in Bergson's ideas t have access to newly annotated versions of several of his chief writings, freshly introduced and discussed. It is particularly good to see the republication of Mind-Energy, a treasure trove of Bergsonian insights long out of print.' - Professor Pete A.Y. Gunter, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of North Texas, USA
Series Preface; K.Ansell Pearson
Foreword; K.Ansell Pearson
Life and Consciousness
The Soul and Body
'Phantasms of the Living' and 'Psychical Research'
Dreams
Memory of the Present and False Recognition
Intellectual Effort
Brain and Thought: A Philosophical Illusion
Index
HENRI BERGSON (1859-1941) is one of the truly great philosophers of the modernist period, and there is currently a major renaissance of interest in his unduly neglected texts and ideas amongst philosophers, literary theorists, and social theorists.
KEITH ANSELL PEARSON is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of Germinal Life: The Difference and Repetition of Deleuze (Routledge, 1999), Philosophy and the Adventure of the Virtual (Routledge, 2001), An Introduction to Nietzsche as Political Thinker (CUP, 1994). He is the co-editor of a forthcoming 'Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche' (Stanford) and editor of the 1890-1930 volume of Acumen's forthcoming 7-volume series in the history of Continental Philosophy.
MICHAEL KOLKMAN is a Graduate Student at the University of Warwick, UK, currently completing his PhD on the philosophy of Henri Bergson.
Description
Mind-Energy brings together Bergson's most important lectures and articles between the years 1901 and 1913 in the philosophy of mind and the metaphysics of time. Here we see Bergson building conceptual bridges between his earlier theory of mind (in Matter and Memory) and the later philosophy of biology found in Creative Evolution ('Life and Consciousness'), as well as forwarding a radically innovative theory of memory and brain-function ('The Soul and the Body') based on a theory of 'attention to life' that still today mounts a challenge to the orthodoxies of cognitive science. Alongside these enhancements of Bergsonian thought, moreover, we also find Bergson making fascinating speculative interventions in the fields of psychical research and dream-theory, before finally presenting some of his most original philosophical ideas in two famous essays. In 'Memory of the Present and False Recognition', what begins ostensibly as an analysis of deja vu turns into an astounding new theory of the co-engendering of past and present, one that has been vital in the development of the concept of the Virtual in the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze; and in 'Intellectual Effort' we have a sustained investigation into representation ('images') that eventually proposes a theory of dynamic meaning based on force and affect ('feeling'), one with huge resonances for contemporary Kantian, post-Kantian, and post-phenomenological thought.
This new, critical edition makes these vitally important texts available again, using the original, authorised translation by H. Wildon Carr, adding a guide to further reading and a new introduction by Bergson scholar, Keith Ansell Pearson.
Reviews
'Palgrave Macmillan is to be congratulated for reissuing these classic Bergson texts. This is a timely decision since Bergson was the great thinker of life and it seems, nearly one hundred years later, that we find ourselves once again required to conceive life. Keith Ansell Pearson and John Mullarkey have been at the forefront of the new conception of life, therefore no better editors for these volumes could be selected.' - Professor Leonard Lawlor, Department of Philosophy, University of Memphis, USA
'Long absent from the center of discussion in Western philosophy, Bergson has recently made a reappearance. The Centennial Series of his works undertaken by Palgrave Macmillan thus comes at an opportune time, making it possible for those interested in Bergson's ideas t have access to newly annotated versions of several of his chief writings, freshly introduced and discussed. It is particularly good to see the republication of Mind-Energy, a treasure trove of Bergsonian insights long out of print.' - Professor Pete A.Y. Gunter, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of North Texas, USA
Contents
Series Preface; K.Ansell Pearson
Foreword; K.Ansell Pearson
Life and Consciousness
The Soul and Body
'Phantasms of the Living' and 'Psychical Research'
Dreams
Memory of the Present and False Recognition
Intellectual Effort
Brain and Thought: A Philosophical Illusion
Index
Authors
HENRI BERGSON (1859-1941) is one of the truly great philosophers of the modernist period, and there is currently a major renaissance of interest in his unduly neglected texts and ideas amongst philosophers, literary theorists, and social theorists.
KEITH ANSELL PEARSON is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of Germinal Life: The Difference and Repetition of Deleuze (Routledge, 1999), Philosophy and the Adventure of the Virtual (Routledge, 2001), An Introduction to Nietzsche as Political Thinker (CUP, 1994). He is the co-editor of a forthcoming 'Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche' (Stanford) and editor of the 1890-1930 volume of Acumen's forthcoming 7-volume series in the history of Continental Philosophy.
MICHAEL KOLKMAN is a Graduate Student at the University of Warwick, UK, currently completing his PhD on the philosophy of Henri Bergson.
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