UID:
almafu_9959234050502883
Format:
1 online resource (384 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4384-3959-8
Series Statement:
SUNY series in transpersonal and humanistic psychology
Content:
Explores the thought of Henri Bergson, highlighting his compelling theories on the nature of consciousness and its relationship to the physical world.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Intro -- Living Consciousness -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- A Brief Bio-Historical Preamble -- Introduction -- Section One. Explorations of Consciousness, Authenticity, Time, and Freedom -- 1. The Nature of Consciousness -- 2. Authenticity -- 3. Time -- 4. Quantity and Quality -- 5. Determinism -- 6. Alternative Understandings of the Self -- 7. Freedom -- Liminal Section. The Dynamism of Matter -- 8. The World "Out There" -- 9. Movement -- 10. An Atomistic Understanding of Reality -- 11. Going Beyond Classical Physics -- 12. Melodies of the Self and the World -- Section Two. The Matter of Consciousness and the Consciousness of Matter -- 13. Contemporary Understandings of Consciousness -- 14. Images of the Universe -- 15. Nonlocality and Bergson's Universe of Images -- 16. Perceptions and the Brain -- 17. The Interaction of Perception and Memory -- 18. Moving from Perception to Memory -- 19. The Interweaving of Recollection Memory and Habit Memory -- 20. Ruminations on the Hidden Power of Memory -- 21. The Presence of the Present -- 22. Memory and the Brain -- 23. Mind and Matter as Different Rhythms of Durée -- 24. Embodying Memory -- 25. Becoming Conscious of the Subconscious -- 26. Recollection Memory, Dreams, and the Élan Vital -- 27. Bergson and Non-Ordinary Experiences -- 28. Bergson and the Afterlife -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4384-3957-1
Language:
English
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