| Philosophy and the Adventure of the Virtual: Bergson and the Time of Life Contributor(s): Ansell-Pearson, Keith (Author), Pearson, Keith Ansell (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415237289 ISBN-13: 9780415237284 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: Informed by the philosophy of the virtual, Keith Ansell Pearson offers up one of the most lucid and original works on the central philosophical questions. He asks that if our basic concepts on what it means to be human are wrong then, what is this to mean for our ideas of time, being, consciousness? A critical examination ensues, one informed by a multitude of responses to a large number of philosophers. Under discussion is the mathematical limits as found in Russell, questions on Relativity, Kant's notion of judgement, Popper, Dennett, Dawkins and Proust. He brings into the rapport the concepts of Bergson and their explosive insights into the idea of time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Science | Time - Philosophy | Epistemology |
| Dewey: 110 |
| LCCN: 2001031994 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.18" W x 9.16" (0.88 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With the development of new technologies and the Internet, the notion of the virtual has grown increasingly important. In this lucid collection of essays, Pearson bridges the continental-analytic divide in philosophy, bringing the virtual to centre stage and arguing its importance for re-thinking such central philosophical questions as time and life. Drawing on philosophers from Bergson, Kant and Nietzsche to Proust, Russell, Dennett and Badiou, Pearson examines the limits of continuity, explores relativity, and offers a concept of creative evolution. |