The philosophical studies of Yamaguchi University
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The philosophical studies of Yamaguchi University Volume 31
published_at 2024-03-23
<Discontinuité> in the Bergsonian notion of <durée> : Paradoxically after bachelard
ベルクソン的「持続」における「不連続性」の契機 : バシュラールによる批判を逆説的な導きとして
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In this paper I will consider <discontinuité> as a positive element of the Bergsonian notion of <durée>.
Since his maiden book, Time and Free Will (1889), Henri Bergson (1859-1941) defines time as <durée>, which means uninterrupted continuity of the past, the present and the future. In opposition to Bergson, Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962), who begins to speculate on time in the 1930s, takes time to be essentially discontinuous.
According to Bachelard, it is not continuous <durée> but discontinuous <instant> that does give birth to something new, and this is why he criticizes Bergson. In my opinion, however, at least in the 1930s, Bergson himself tries to reconsider <durée> not only to be continuous but also to be discontinuous.
Since his maiden book, Time and Free Will (1889), Henri Bergson (1859-1941) defines time as <durée>, which means uninterrupted continuity of the past, the present and the future. In opposition to Bergson, Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962), who begins to speculate on time in the 1930s, takes time to be essentially discontinuous.
According to Bachelard, it is not continuous <durée> but discontinuous <instant> that does give birth to something new, and this is why he criticizes Bergson. In my opinion, however, at least in the 1930s, Bergson himself tries to reconsider <durée> not only to be continuous but also to be discontinuous.
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