Reviews for The New Philosophy of Henri Bergson

The average rating for The New Philosophy of Henri Bergson based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-07-20 00:00:00 Vasileios Panagiotopoulos Ordered for its didactic utility rather than for the linearity of its assertions, this book makes a terrific supplement to a study of mathematical analysis. Logic is Russell's forte; here we find him at the top of his game. Starting with cardinal numbers, Russell begins by analyzing the mathematical concepts that people take most for granted, providing their logical foundations, clarifying their meanings, and identifying common pitfalls in our language about them. Once we have recognized the component parts of our concept of numbers, we discover that we must further identify the component parts of the first level of component parts. This naturally introduces an infinite regress, which is a problem that Russell acknowledges. Thus, he devotes entire chapters to the set theoretic axioms of infinity, reducibility, and multiplication, explaining where they are necessary and under what circumstances they might be true. Interspersed are discussions of where previous mathematical philosophers--most notably Leibniz--have gone wrong. Russell even provides a brief and (as much as is possible under such demands of precision) intuitive description of the logical theory of types and its evolution. The final chapter might be the best merely because it holds the rest of the chapters together. For the lay reader, it is also the most useful for its definitions of mathematics and logic and its explanation of why they represent essentially the same sort of pursuit, i.e. the pursuit of tautological truth, or as Leibniz would say, truth in all possible worlds. Lastly, it states how such a pursuit seems to be possible.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-07-05 00:00:00 William Crowley One of the hardest books I have read.....didnt understand most of it but I was determined to finish it....I somehow was able to grasp the essence of Russels teaching and I think my persistence paid off in the end....So I really glad that I kept the reading progress with this book intact...mind-blowing literally and educationally....very much motivated to read more about symbolic logic and mathematical philosophy. يالله كم ارهقني هذا الكتاب....قمة في الصعوبة اللغوية والعلمية...واصداره في عشرينيات القرن المنصرف مع اخذ بالاعتبار اسم الكاتب يعطيكم فكرة سريعة عن صعوبة اللغة الانكليزية المستخدمة.... لا اخادعكم القول اني كنت على وشك الاستسلام والتوقف عن قراءته بعد فصلين ولكن غيرت رايي بعد ذلك وصممت على انهائيه.... من اصعب الكتب التي قراتها في حياتي....واستيعابي كان اقل من ٣٠%....اكبر غلط وقعت به هو ان ابدا بعلم جديد مثل فلسفة الرياضيات والمنطق الرمزي بقراءة اصعب الكتب في هذا المجال...ولكن مع كل هذا استطعت ان اخرج بفكرة عامة ونضرة سوف تساعدني كثيرا لاحقا مع كتب اخرى في هذا المجال.... يحاول الكاتب برنارد روسل مناقشة وتحليل فلسفة الارقام الرياضية من منشاها الى انواعها وارتباطها بالمنطق السليم...يستخدم لغة المنطق الرمزي الصعب جدا....اسلوبه اللغوي التحليلي صعب جدا...ولاسيما لغتي الانكليزية المتواضعة صعبت هذا الشيئ اكثر... سوف اعود لقراءة هذا الكتاب مرة اخرى في المستقبل بعد ان اقرا اكثر في هذا المجال....