Freedom as hesitation: Henri Bergson in the light of phenomenological criticism

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11007-024-09665-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11007-024-09665-z</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Freedom as hesitation: Henri Bergson in the light of phenomenological criticism

Original language description

Bergson&apos;s conception of freedom coincides in certain respects with phenomenological approaches, especially in its emphasis on the inherently temporal character of freedom. Nevertheless, it has repeatedly been subject to criticism in phenomenology. In the first part of the study, the author lists three points of the phenomenological critique of Bergson: a different conception of consciousness, a different confidence in the possibilities of metaphysics, and a different way of working with descriptive distinctions, with Bergson moving quickly from descriptive distinctions to conceptual opposites. Despite these differences, however, Bergson and some phenomenological authors share the conviction that freedom is necessarily temporal, that decision and action are processes that cannot be accelerated or skipped, implying hesitation as an indispensable ingredient. The second part of the study is devoted to the analysis of hesitation in phenomenology (as conceived by Paul Ricoeur) and in Bergson. Through a phenomenological reading of Bergson, it offers a conception of hesitation as creativity that can also enrich phenomenology. The article pays particular attention to the very relevance of hesitation. Is the reason for hesitation cognitive (lack of information), volitional (lack of determination of the will) or other? The author proposes an option that preserves both elements but opens up a different perspective: the reason for the hesitation is that it contains elements of interpretation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Continental Philosophy Review

ISSN

1387-2842

e-ISSN

1573-0611

Volume of the periodical

58

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

211-226

UT code for WoS article

001472165200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105003104630