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Henri Bergson

Vitalism

Henri Bergson

1859–1941

“The universe is a machine for making gods.”

Henri Bergson was a French philosopher known for his influential arguments that processes of immediate experience and intuition are more significant than abstract rationalism and science for understanding reality. His concept of duration (durée) challenged mechanistic views of time.

Contribution

Élan vital, duration, intuition, creative evolution

Key Works

  • • Creative Evolution
  • • Matter and Memory
  • • Time and Free Will
  • • The Two Sources of Morality and Religion
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