Bergsonian

See also: bergsonian

English

Etymology

From Bergson +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɜː(ɹ)ɡˈsəʊnɪən/

Adjective

Bergsonian (comparative more Bergsonian, superlative most Bergsonian)

1. Of or relating to Henri-Louis Bergson (1859–1941), French philosopher, who convinced many thinkers that immediate experience and intuition are more significant than rationalism and science in understanding reality.

   Synonym: Bergsonist

   • 1985, Oliver Sacks, “The Lost Mariner”, chapter 2 in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Reset 2007 edition), page 41:

     Jimmie, who was so lost in extensional ‘spatial’ time, was perfectly organised in Bergsonian ‘intentional’ time; what was fugitive, unsustainable, as formal structure, was perfectly stable, perfectly held, as art or will.

Related terms

• Bergsonianism
• Bergsonism
• Bergsonist

 

Translations

of or relating to Bergson

• Czech: bergsonovský
• French: bergsonien (fr)
• Hungarian: bergsoni
• Romanian: bergsonian
• Spanish: bergsoniano

Noun

Bergsonian (plural Bergsonians)

1. A follower of Bergsonian philosophy; an adherent of Bergsonism.

   Synonym: Bergsonist