A study in the philosophy of Bergson
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A in theStudy Philosophy of Bergson A STUDY IN THE OF BERGSONPHILOSOPHY BY GUSTAVUS WATTS PH.D.CUNNINGHAM, A.M., GEORGE AND ANNE WALKER BOARDMAN PROFESSOR OFNYE PHILOSOPHY, MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE GREEN AND CO-LONGMANS, FOURTHAVENUE& NEWYORK30THSTREET, 39 PATERNOSTER LONDONROW, AND MADRASBOMBAY, CALCUTTA, 1916 O1543 BYCOPYRIGHT, 1916, GUSTAVUS W. CUNNINGHAM I * V ' : .'-. made that the intellect cannotpersistently grasp that time isduration, only homogeneous comprehen- sible it. ifone will read the author'sby But, carefully various statements in this one will findconnection, it difficult not to believe that he fails to make any distinction at all between time andthinking imagining it. to thinkWhen we he intry time, says effect, it is for us to it to ourselvesnecessary represent under the form of a line made of externalup parts to each we must think of the seriesother; temporal asmade of several eachmomentup moments, bearing 1 Op. cit., p. 299. 2 Cf. ff.particularly ibid., pp. 308 68 A STUDY IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF BERGSON to all other moments a relation to thatanalogous which one of bears to other similarpoint space points. But all of this assumes time and timethat thought 1 are one.imagined If one were inclined to hold tostrictlyBergson hisaccount for this confusion of criticism ofterms, view of be Awould, course, simplesuperfluous. statement of the matter reduces it to an absurdity.

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A in theStudy Philosophy
of BergsonA STUDY
IN THE
OF BERGSONPHILOSOPHY
BY
GUSTAVUS WATTS PH.D.CUNNINGHAM, A.M.,
GEORGE AND ANNE WALKER BOARDMAN PROFESSOR OFNYE PHILOSOPHY,
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
GREEN AND CO-LONGMANS,
FOURTHAVENUE& NEWYORK30THSTREET,
39 PATERNOSTER LONDONROW,
AND MADRASBOMBAY, CALCUTTA,
1916O1543
BYCOPYRIGHT, 1916,
GUSTAVUS W. CUNNINGHAM
I * V
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tPREFACE
IN recent much has been written concerningyears
the of M. Thephilosophy Bergson. philosophical
with articleshave been crowded dealingjournals
' '
with one or another of the new philosophy,phase
andwhile the of both this Europepresses country
have sent forth book after book elab-expounding,
or the views of the French thinker.orating, criticizing
It would seem that anothertherefore,appropriate,
in the midst of this flood of literature bearessay
of itsin its a word inpreface justification appear-
ance.
hasThe reason this volumewhy unpretentious
been and is this. Thewritten published simply
of as evidencedvery popularity Bergson's views,
is suf-the discussion which have aroused,by they
ficient indication of the fact that mustthey per-
force be taken into serious account by contemporary
workers in the field. isParticularlyphilosophical
it incumbent those like theupon who, present
find themselves views which arewriter, holding
different from what at first wouldradically glance
seem to be the so anddoctrine forcefully eloquently
set forth the author of L'Evolution Creatrice,by
341872vi PREFACE
to come to with this new and to measuregrips theory
their views in the of the itwhichlight suggestions
The is the result of thepresents. present study
writer's efforts to do this. It is out tosentjust
the in the that it to some extentpublic hope may,
at aid in the clarification of some of the issuesleast,
involved in and also if so bold a state-Bergsonism
ment be in the of what topermitted exposure
would seem to be errors which the newmany phi-
threatens tolosophy perpetuate.
In order to a ofprevent possible misconception
this let it be said at once that it is astudy, critique
and not a the writer hassummary. Consequently
not hesitated to pass by many interesting phases
of and to confine his attentionBergson's thought
to what he as his author's basic doctrine.regards
It will not be if the readersurprising, therefore,
finds that certain views which he has been accustomed
to associate with name are touchedBergson's upon
if at while other matters whichonly incidentally, all,
have seemed to him of small loommay import
in the discussion. The aim of the writer haslarge
been to fix attention the methodexclusively upon
of the new and the ofphilosophy conception reality
which that method The haseSortimplies. per-
been made to focus debate the fun-sistently upon
damentals and to avoid the issue theobscuring by
introduction of what be asmight perhaps regarded
more or less irrelevant details. What the discus-
sion lacks in will itthus, iscomprehensiveness

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