The fullest expression of the distinguished French philosopher's ideas about the meaning of life. In propounding his distinctive theory of evolution, Bergson considers nature and intelligence, examines mechanisms of thought and illusion, and presents a criticism of philosophical systems from those of the ancients to those of his 19th-century contemporaries.
Language, Truth and Logic by Alfred Jules Ayer Classic introduction to objectives and methods of schools of empiricism and linguistic analysis, especially of the logical positivism derived from the Vienna Circle. Topics: elimination of metaphysics, function of philosophy, more.
Experience and Nature by John Dewey Analysis and evaluation of problem of knowledge, other systems, formulation of law, role of language, social factors.
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Henri Bergson, Cloudesley Brereton, Fred Rothwell Bergson explores why people laugh and what laughter means. A classic statement of the principles of humor, it explores what it is in language that makes a joke funny.
Matter and Memory by Henri Bergson one of the great inquiries into perception and memory, movement and time, matter and mind. Bergson surveys these independent but related spheres, exploring the connection of mind and body to individual freedom of choice.
