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“Some Contemporary Reflections on Bergson’s Time and Free Will”, Essay on the immediate given of Consciousness (Essai sur les données immédiates de la conscience - 1889)
No full textBy relying on a quotation by F.L. Pogson to be found in the introduction to his translation of Bergson’s Time and Free Will essay, in this paper I discuss Bergson’s theory of the relation between time and free will by analysing three key notion of his philosophy, namely that of creative power of nature, of memory and duration. In particular, I discuss a possible reinterpretation of his metaphysics by using the growing block model of reality, in what sense his anti-associationist philosophy of mind – by him identified with determinism – requires a finite duration of the present experience and then propose a reinterpretation of his conception of free action by using Kane’s contemporary approach to the problem
Peter and Paul: a Ghost Story?
No full textFor Bergson, Special Relativity affirms the unity of real Time more rigorously
than either Newtonian mechanics or common sense. Yet, time and unity describe
different realities in the metaphysics of Einstein’s theory and the metaphysics of
Bergson’s creative duration. The time Einstein adopts as the fourth dimension of
space is only a ‘mobile image of eternity’, and the unity it preaches is an abstract
unity, synonymous with mathematical invariance. This is why, according to Bergson,
Einstein’s Relativity is not completely relative. It admits a unique real Time
in the sense that it admits only one: that of the physicist engaged in measuring
the world. The so-called twin paradox is exemplary in this respec
Peter and Paul: a Ghost Story?
No full textFor Bergson, Special Relativity affirms the unity of real Time more rigorously
than either Newtonian mechanics or common sense. Yet, time and unity describe
different realities in the metaphysics of Einstein’s theory and the metaphysics of
Bergson’s creative duration. The time Einstein adopts as the fourth dimension of
space is only a ‘mobile image of eternity’, and the unity it preaches is an abstract
unity, synonymous with mathematical invariance. This is why, according to Bergson,
Einstein’s Relativity is not completely relative. It admits a unique real Time
in the sense that it admits only one: that of the physicist engaged in measuring
the world. The so-called twin paradox is exemplary in this respec
Book symposium on _Metaphysical Emergence_ (Precis, seven commentators, replies)
No full textThis is the full book symposium on Jessica Wilson's _Metaphysical Emergence_, including a Precis, comments by seven commentators (Francesca Bellazzi, Karen Bennett, Claudio Calosi, Nina Emery, Simone Gozzano, Brian McLaughlin, Michele Paolini Paoletti), and Wilson's replies
Book symposium on _Metaphysical Emergence_ (Precis, seven commentators, replies)
No full textThis is the full book symposium on Jessica Wilson's _Metaphysical Emergence_, including a Precis, comments by seven commentators (Francesca Bellazzi, Karen Bennett, Claudio Calosi, Nina Emery, Simone Gozzano, Brian McLaughlin, Michele Paolini Paoletti), and Wilson's replies
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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