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| Duration: Duration in physics is the interval of time between two events. It is a fundamental quantity in physics, and it is used to measure the time it takes for processes to occur. Duration is measured in seconds in the International System of Units (SI). Duration allows us to understand and predict the behavior of the physical world. For example, we can use duration to calculate the speed of an object or the energy of a photon._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Henri Bergson on Duration - Dictionary of Arguments
Gadamer I 74 Durée/Bergson/Gadamer: (...) the first book by Henri Bergson, "Les données immédiates de la conscience" [is] a critical attack on contemporary psychophysics, which, like Natorp (>Experience/Natorp), was just as decisive in developing the concept of life as it was in opposing the objectifying, especially the spatializing tendency of psychological concept formation. Here we find very similar statements about this and its unfragmented concretion as in Natorp. Durée: Bergson coined the famous expression of durée for this, which expresses the absolute continuity of the psychic. Bergson understands it as "organisation", i.e. he defines it from the mode of being of the living (étre vivant), in which each element is representative of the whole (représentatif du tout). He compares the inner penetration of all elements in consciousness with the way in which all sounds penetrate each other when listening to a melody. Life/BergsonVsDescartes: For Bergson, too, it is the anti-Cartesian moment of the concept of life that he defends against objectifying science(1). >Cartesianism, >Descartes, >Objectivism, >Objectivity. 1. H. Bergson, Les données immédiates de la conscience, p. 76f._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Bergs I Henri Bergson Durée et Simultanéité. À propos de la théorie d’Einstein, Paris 1922 German Edition: Dauer und Gleichzeitigkeit: Über Einsteins Relativitätstheorie Hamburg 2014 Gadamer I Hans-Georg Gadamer Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010 Gadamer II H. G. Gadamer The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986 German Edition: Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19