Henri Bergson and the Philosophy of Religion: God, Freedom, and Duration
Matyáš Moravec, "Henri Bergson and the Philosophy of Religion: God, Freedom, and Duration "
English | ISBN: 1032392533 | 2023 | 198 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 1032392533 | 2023 | 198 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book connects the philosophy of Henri Bergson to contemporary debates in metaphysics and analytic philosophy of religion. More specifically, the book demonstrates how Bergson’s philosophy of time can respond to the problem of foreknowledge and free will.
The question of how humans can be free if God knows everything has been a perennial issue of debate in analytic philosophy of religion. The solution to this problem relies heavily on what one thinks about time. The problem of time is central to Bergson’s philosophical system. In this book, the author offers a systematic application of Bergson’s thought to the freedom and foreknowledge problem. The first chapter presents a discussion of Bergson’s central concept of
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