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
Massey, Heath
McGrath, Larry
Sinclair, Mark
Taroni, Paolo
Spanio, Enrico Tommaso
Sanchez Rey, M. C.
Journals
European Legacy
Revue International de Philosophie
Revue de Synthèse
Raison Présente
Jahrbuch für Soziologiegeschichte
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Publishers
State University of New York at Buffalo
University of Chicago Press
Univ. de Sevilla
State University of New York Press
Routledge
Quattro Venti
Concepts
Philosophy
Science
Time
Physics
Relativity
History of philosophy of science
People
Bergson, Henri Louis
Deleuze, Gilles
Lemoine, Albert
Ravaisson, Félix
Simmel, Georg
Renouvier, Charles Bernard
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
Places
France
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