Various schools of philosophy over the last eighty years have tried
to claim Henri Bergson as one of their own. In France he has been
regarded primarily as an early phenomenologist. In the United
States and Britain he is still regarded as a vitalist philosopher.
This introductory study looks at Bergson's use of philosophical
form and aims to dispel the view that Bergson ever stuck to one
type of philosophy at all, be it vitalism or phenomenology. The
claim of any one form of thought to the title of "first philosophy"
is challenged by the idea of a Bergsonian metaphilosophy which
states that, in a universe with no static foundations, there can
never be first philosophies. In other words, if everything is
changing, then this must be no less true of philosophy.
In pursuit of this approach, John Mullarkey explores each of
Bergson's seven major works from a metaphilosophical perspective.
The first four chapters of Bergson and Philosophy examine each of
these works against the background of current debate within its
respective field -- the metaphysics of space and time, the
philosophy of mind, the philosophy of biology, and sociobiology.
The remaining four chapters take a problem-based approach,
examining the role of ethics, ontology, methodology, and
metaphilosophy in Bergson's thought. This book is an important and
lucid reassessment of an influential philosopher which sets his
work in philosophical contexts.
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