Article ID: CBB000082946

The case of the falling man: Bergson and chaos theory (1999)

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Description “Conceived as a reaction to 19th-century scientific methods, Bergson's Le Rire (1900) gained a new significance when these same methods were questioned by later scientists. Focusing on how Bergson anticipated some of the ideas of chaos theory, this essay draws parallels between his theory of laughter and the discourse of non-linear dynamics.”


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Authors & Contributors
Čapek, Milič
Douglass, Paul
Burwick, Frederick L.
Gallois, Philippe
Worms, Frédéric
Fedi, Laurent
Journals
European Legacy
Revue de Synthèse
Revue International de Philosophie
Jahrbuch für Soziologiegeschichte
Raison Présente
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Publishers
Presses Universitaires de France
Cambridge University Press
Oxford University Press
Univ. de Sevilla
Il Cardo
Institut Synthélabo pour le Progrès de la Connaissance
Concepts
Philosophy
Science
Physics
Time
Relativity
History of philosophy of science
People
Bergson, Henri Louis
Deleuze, Gilles
Simmel, Georg
Einstein, Albert
Renouvier, Charles Bernard
Cavaillès, Jean
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Places
France
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