Matter and Memory

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Author: Henri Bergson

ISBN-10: 048643415X

ISBN-13: 9780486434155

Category: Solid State Physics - General & Miscellaneous

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One of the major works of an important modem philosopher, Matter and Memory investigates the autonomous yet interconnected planes formed by matter and perception on the one hand and memory and time on the other.

IntroductionviiChapter IOf the Selection of Images for Conscious Presentation. What our Body Means and Does1Real action and virtual action1Representation8Realism and Idealism14The choice of images17Relation between representation and action35The image and reality45The image and affective sensation51Nature of affective sensation55The image, apart from sensation59Natural extension of images62Pure perception69Approach to the problem of matter73Memory81Chapter IIOf the Recognition of Images. Memory and Brain86The two forms of memory86Movements and Recollections105Recollections and movements118Realization of memories145Chapter IIIOf the Survival of Images. Memory and Mind170Pure memory170What the present is176The unconscious181Existence189Relation of past and present191Memory and general ideas201The Association of Ideas212The plane of action and the plane of dream217The different planes of consciousness220Attention to life225Mental equilibrium227The Office of the body231Chapter IVThe Delimiting and Fixing of Images. Perception and Matter: Soul and Body233The problem of dualism233Description of the Method238Indivisibility of movement246Real movement254Perception and matter259Duration and tension267Extensity and extension277Soul and body291Summary and Conclusion299Index333