This philosophical text deals with the theme of time. A central contention is that science and philosophy alike systematically misrepresent the nature of time. Bergson suggests that the traditional association between the model of space and time is incoherent. Unlike space, time is not measurable by objective standard. This contention is tried out against the major movement in physics of the day - relativity. Tracing the development of the theory from special to general relativity, Bergson finds that a fundamental ...
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This philosophical text deals with the theme of time. A central contention is that science and philosophy alike systematically misrepresent the nature of time. Bergson suggests that the traditional association between the model of space and time is incoherent. Unlike space, time is not measurable by objective standard. This contention is tried out against the major movement in physics of the day - relativity. Tracing the development of the theory from special to general relativity, Bergson finds that a fundamental requirement of the theory is an impossibility - the assumption that the experiences of two observers moving at different speeds within two different physical systems might be thought of as simultaneous. This is to ignore the limits of possible experience.
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Good+; Softcover; First Printing; Number line, ÔøΩ 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2"; Light wear to the covers; Ink stamp to the top and bottom textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); 0.8 lbs; Gold and white covers with title in dark blue lettering; 1999, Clinamen Press; 224 pages; "Duration and Simultaneity: Bergson and the Einsteinian Universe (Philosophy of Science), " by Henri Bergson & Leon Jacobson.
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Very Good; Softcover; Light wear to the covers; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is tight with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); 0.8 lbs; Gold and white covers with title in dark blue lettering; 1999, Clinamen Press; 224 pages; "Duration and Simultaneity: Bergson and the Einsteinian Universe (Philosophy of Science), " by Henri Bergson & Leon Jacobson.
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Very Good; Softcover; Covers are still glossy with a few light handling-marks; Unblemished textblock edges; Gift inscription to the title page, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is tight with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); Gold and white covers with title in dark blue lettering; 1999, Clinamen Press; 224 pages; "Duration and Simultaneity: Bergson and the Einsteinian Universe (Philosophy of Science), " by Henri Bergson & Leon Jacobson.
