Dualities in bergson revisited: towards a reconciliation?

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Karahan, Gülizar
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The aim of this study is to make an inquiry on the nature and the development of dualities in Bergson’s philosophy. Since the nature of each duality differs from the others and the dualistic pattern inherent in Bergsonian philosophy is subject to change, we base our study on a chronological structure in order to comprehend better how this pattern changes. We claim that such an inquiry will yield relevant outcomes with regard to ontological and epistemological evolution of Bergson’s thought. To state more precisely, we are of the idea that the modification in the dualistic pattern in Bergson’s ontology is reflected in a parallel manner in his epistemology. The fundamental question that shows us the way to follow in our study is whether the elements of the dualities (whether they be ontological or epistemological) are reconciled by Bergson or they are left as absolutely distinct elements. At the end of the inquiry regarding that question, which we believe can be taken as an inspiring point in developing new approaches especially to epistemological problems, our conviction is that Bergson points out to a meeting point.
Philosophy.
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/18133
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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G. Karahan, “Dualities in bergson revisited: towards a reconciliation?,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2008.
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