What is Consciousness? Mind-Energy by Henri Bergson

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The problem of consciousness is for Henri Bergson the most fundamental question that philosophy needs to address. I will examine the first two chapters of his book, Mind-Energy, which is a collection of some of his lectures and published articles on his philosophy of mind.
Contents
Chapter 1: Life and Consciousness, 1911 1
Introduction 1
What is Consciousness? 2
Where is My Mind? 3
What is Conscious? 3
When are we Conscious? 4
Why are we Conscious? 4
Chapter 2: The Soul and the Body, 1912 5
Introduction 5
Free Will 6
Against Materialism 6
Against Parallelism 7
Brain as Veil 10
Conclusion 12
Bibliography 12
Bibliography
Bergson, Henri. Mind-Energy: Lectures and Essays. Translated by H. Wildon Carr. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1975.
Scheler, Max. The Human Place in the Cosmos [1927]. Translated by Manfred S. Frings. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2009.
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