Matter and Memory

A monumental work by an important modern philosopher, Matter and Memory (1896) represents one of the great inquiries into perception and memory, movement and time, matter and mind. Nobel Prize-winner Henri Bergson surveys these independent but related spheres, exploring the connection of mind and body to individual freedom of choice. Bergson's efforts to reconcile the facts of biology to a theory of consciousness offered a challenge to the mechanistic view of nature, and his original and innovative views exercised a profound influence on other philosophers--including James, Whitehead, and Santayana--as well as novelists such as Dos Passos and Proust.Matter and Memoryis essential to an understanding of Bergson's philosophy and its legacy.Bergson, Henri is the author of 'Matter and Memory', published 2004 under ISBN 9780486434155 and ISBN 048643415X.