Campo, Alessandra

Einstein vs. Bergson : An Enduring Quarrel on Time - Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2021 - 1 electronic resource (443 p.)

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On 6 April 1922, Einstein met Bergson to debate the nature of time: is the time the physicist calculates the same time the philosopher reflects on? Einstein claimed that only scientific time is real, while Bergson argued that scientific time always presupposes a living and perceiving subject. On that day, nearly 100 years ago, conflict was inevitable. Is it still inevitable today? How many kinds of time are there?


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9783110753707 9783110753707 9783110753509 9783110753721

10.1515/9783110753707 doi


Classical history / classical civilisation
Western philosophy, from c 1900 -
Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism
Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology
Philosophy of science

Bergson Einstein time quarrel