William James -
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was
an American philosopher and psychologist who had trained as a physician. He was
the first educator ... William James (Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 7 Sep
2000 – Russell
Goodman - rgoodman@unm.edu
William James was an original thinker in and
between the disciplines of physiology, psychology and philosophy. His
twelve-hundred page masterwork, The Principles of Psychology (1890),
is a rich blend of ...
Henri Bergson (Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 18 May 2004 – Leonard Lawlor lul19@psu.edu Valentine Moulard
Henri Bergson (1859–1941) was one of
the most famous and influential French philosophers of the late 19th
century-early 20th century… In 1903, Bergson published, in the prestigious
Revue de métaphysique et de morale, an article entitled “Introduction to
Metaphysics” (later reproduced as the centerpiece of The Creative Mind [La
Pensée et le mouvant] in 1934). The first of Bergson's works to be
translated in many languages, this article not only became a crucial reading
guide for Bergson's philosophy as a whole, but it also marked the beginning of
“Bergsonism” and of its influence on Cubism and literature. Through Williams
James's enthusiastic reading of this essay, Bergsonism acquired a far-reaching
influence on American Pragmatism. Moreover, his imprint on American literature
(in particular, Wallace Stevens and Willa Cather, who created a character
called “Alexandra Bergson”) is undeniable.
Creative
Evolution appeared in 1907.
It was the beginning of the “Bergson legend,” as well as of numerous, lively
academic and public controversies centering on his philosophy and his role as
an intellectual. The beginning of the next decade is the apex of the
“Bergsonian cult” (“le Bergson boom”). Creative Evolution was
translated into English. Bertrand Russell (who publishes an article entitled
“The Philosophy in Bergson” in The Monist in 1912) objects
that Bergson wants to turn us into bees with the notion of intuition. Russell
also notes that any attempt at classifying Bergson will fail, as his philosophy
cuts across all divisions, whether empiricist, realist or idealist (Soulez et
Worms 2002, p. 124). Bergson's lectures at the Collège de France were filled to
capacity, not only with society ladies and their suitors, but also with a whole
generation of philosophy students (Étienne Gilson and Jean Wahl among others)
and poets such as T.S. Eliot.
In
January 1913, Bergson visits the United States for the first time
(Soulez et Worms 2002, p. 134). The week before he delivered his first lecture
at Columbia University
(entitled “Spirituality and Liberty ”),
The New York Times published a long article on him. The enthusiasm this article
generated may explain the traffic jam that occurred before Bergson's lecture,
the first traffic jam in the history of Broadway.
Bergson
travelled to London
in 1908 and met there with William
James, the Harvard philosopher who was Bergson's senior by
seventeen years, and who was instrumental in calling the attention of the
Anglo-American public to the work of the French professor. The two became great
friends.
Alfred
North Whitehead -
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia OM FRS (15 February 1861 – 30 December
1947) was a Fellow of the Royal Society since 1903
The
period between 1910 and 1926 was mostly spent at University College London and Imperial College London, where he taught and
wrote on physics, the philosophy of science, and the theory and practice of
education.
Whitehead's
metaphysical views, which he called process philosophy emerged in The
Concept of Nature (1920) and were expanded in Science and the
Modern World (1925), also an important study in the history
of ideas and the role of science and mathematics in the rise of Western
civilization. Indebted to Henri
Bergson's philosophy of change, Whitehead was also a Platonist who
"saw the definite character of events as due to the "ingression"
of timeless entities."[8]
Alfred North Whitehead (Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 5 Apr 2010 – A. D. Irvine - andrew.irvine@ubc.ca
The
second main period, from 1910 to 1924, corresponds with his time at London . During these
years Whitehead concentrated mainly, but not exclusively, on issues in the
philosophy of science and the philosophy of education… Thus although not
especially influential among contemporary Anglo-American secular philosophers,
his metaphysical ideas continue to have significant influence among many
theologians and philosophers of religion.
Samuel Alexander - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia OM (6 January 1859, Sydney
– 13 September 1938, Manchester )
was an Australian-born British philosopher.
In
1908, he published Locke, a short but excellent study, which was
included in the Philosophies Ancient and Modern Series. He was
president of the Aristotelian Society from 1908–1911 and
from 1936–1937. In 1913, was made a fellow of the British
Academy. He was appointed Gifford
lecturer at Glasgow
in 1915, and delivered his lectures in the winters of 1917 and 1918. These he
developed into his great work Space, Time, and Deity, published in
two volumes in 1920, which his biographer has called the "boldest
adventure in detailed speculative metaphysics attempted in so grand a manner by
any English writer between 1655 and 1920."
The
question went largely unanswered and his work is mostly ignored (or, at best,
little known) these days. Alexander's views have also been described as panentheistic.[2]
Alexander was a contemporary of Alfred North Whitehead, whom he influenced,
and mentored others who went on to become major figures in 20th century British
philosophy.
Sri Aurobindo: A Contemporary Reader Sachidananda
Mohanty - 2012 - Preview - More
editions On the other end, M. S. Golwalkar and others of
the Right wing persuasion admire Sri Aurobindo for his Hindu nationalism. ... religion and nationalism
remains an unresolved issue and Heehs has not ventured 'to set forth in systematic form',54 ...
Sri Aurobindo and
Karl Marx: Integral Sociology and Dialectical ... - Page xx - Debi
Prasad Chattopadhyaya - 1988 - Preview
Sri Aurobindo's integral sociology is a serious and systematic attempt
to put the matter 'upside down', to use that famous expression of Marx, to show
how the whole of our socio-political structure depends for their existence and
significance ...
Political
Philosophy Of Sri Aurobindo -
Page 285 - V.
P. Varma - 1990 - Preview - More
editions PHILOSOPHY OF 'THE STATE Sri Aurobindo has not developed any systematic theory of the state like Hegel, Green or Bosanquet. But
I will try to reconstruct a theory of the state according to Sri Aurobindo, by arranging, systematizing
and ...
Perspectives
on Sri Aurobindo's poetry,
plays, and criticism - Page 144 - Amrita
Paresh Patel, Jaydipsinh Dodiya - 2002 - Full
view - More
editions Sri Aurobindo was
more consistent and original for he tried 'to present a systematic theory of futuristic
poetry'. With the ...
Penguin
Sri Aurobindo Reader -
Page xii - Paranjape, Makarand - Preview
Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother may be considered among the most consistent and systematic proponents of this idea. As Sri Aurobindo put it, 'It is a step
for which the whole of evolution has been a preparation.' Or in the Mother's
words: ...
Thinkers
Of Indian Renaissance - Page 205 - S
A Abbasi - 1998 - Preview
It is this fusion which gives Sri Aurobindo a
very unique place in the history of Eastern as well as Western philosophy. In
this essay an attempt has been made to present Sri Aurobindo's philosophy in a systematic, critical and comparative ...
The
Study of Hinduism - Page 275 Arvind Sharma - 2003 - Preview
Aurobindo Ghose was one of
the most systematic thinkers
of the so-called Hindu renaissance.
Sri Aurobindo Ghose - Page 478 - Verinder
Grover - 1993 - Preview
Sri Aurobindo's writing
is large and most varied. But for the strict philosophical purpose the book of systematic exposition is only The Life Divine. His Letters in Yoga are
answers to queries put by his disciples in the course of their practice of ...
The
perennial quest for a psychology with a soul: an inquiry into ... - Page 542
- Joseph
Vrinte - 2002 - Preview
In The Human Cycle and Foundations of Indian Culture, Sri Aurobindo deals systematically and
comprehensively with the social and cultural life of man, indicating the
effects of the individual's spiritual development upon the evolution of man's ...
Reading
Hegel: The Introductions - Page 265 - Georg
Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Aakash Singh, Rimina Mohapatra - 2008 - Full
view ... place, this book ambitiously attempts to present readers with
Hegel's systematic thought through his Introductions alone. ... Derrida
and other post-moderns, to thinkers farther afield, like Japan 's famous Kyoto
School or India 's Sri Aurobindo.
Indian
Political Thinkers: Modern Indian Political Thought - Page 136 - N.
Jayapalan - 2000 - Preview
He was a great poet, a great metaphysician, a great systematic thinker,
a great seer and a great patriot. He had a message for the whole world. Shri AurobindoGhosh
was born on 15th August, 1872 in the city of Calcutta , a date which reminds...
The
Lives of Sri Aurobindo -
Page xii - Peter
Heehs - 2008 - Preview - More
editions But it had never occurred to anyone to search systematically for biographical
documents. I spent parts of the next few years ... Most of the documents I found in public archives dealt
with Aurobindo's life
as a politician. They confirmed that he had ...
