@article{ART003173031},
author={LEE Myung gon},
title={Bergson, A Treatise on the Nature of Memory and the Formation Process of the Self (Consciousness)-Focusing on Matter and Memory-},
journal={PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE},
issn={1975-1621},
year={2025},
number={47},
pages={139-159}
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TI - Bergson, A Treatise on the Nature of Memory and the Formation Process of the Self (Consciousness)-Focusing on Matter and Memory-
JO - PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
PY - 2025
VL - null
IS - 47
PB - Research Institute for East-West Thought
SP - 139
EP - 159
SN - 1975-1621
AB - Bergson discusses the nature of memory and the formation of the self in Matter and Memory. The core argument he makes in this book is that humans have a consciousness (self) that can never be reduced to matter such as atoms or molecules. To discuss this, he analyzes memory, which is a key element that constitutes the self. Through his analysis of voluntary and volitional memories, he defines ‘memories of the past that are organically transformed’ as something that is designed and created. His perspective, which considers reality as a non-dividable and unfixable ‘continuity(durée)’, applies equally to memory and consciousness(self). In other words, human consciousness also has the character of ‘continuity’, and the various memories of the past in consciousness are totalized and cannot be chronologically paralleled, and are always considered to be present. The process in which memories are formed into a self with a single center and order is that various memories are organized around one leading memory. And past memories are constantly combined with new memories of the present, reconstructed, and renewed, forming ‘my present consciousness’ or ‘self’ as if preparing for future activities. He calls it “a real synthesis (synthèse actuelle) of all past states.” This is what is properly called “personality (personne),” and when my actions arise solely from my personality, they can be said to be free actions. Therefore, the formation of “my self” is a “creative work,” and when the formation of the self is presupposed, humans can guarantee free actions.
KW - Bergson;memory;self;persistence;personality;freedom
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LEE Myung gon. (2025). Bergson, A Treatise on the Nature of Memory and the Formation Process of the Self (Consciousness)-Focusing on Matter and Memory-. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 47, 139-159.
LEE Myung gon. 2025, "Bergson, A Treatise on the Nature of Memory and the Formation Process of the Self (Consciousness)-Focusing on Matter and Memory-", PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, no.47, pp.139-159.
LEE Myung gon "Bergson, A Treatise on the Nature of Memory and the Formation Process of the Self (Consciousness)-Focusing on Matter and Memory-" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE 47 pp.139-159 (2025) : 139.
LEE Myung gon. Bergson, A Treatise on the Nature of Memory and the Formation Process of the Self (Consciousness)-Focusing on Matter and Memory-. 2025; 47 : 139-159.
LEE Myung gon. "Bergson, A Treatise on the Nature of Memory and the Formation Process of the Self (Consciousness)-Focusing on Matter and Memory-" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.47(2025) : 139-159.
LEE Myung gon. Bergson, A Treatise on the Nature of Memory and the Formation Process of the Self (Consciousness)-Focusing on Matter and Memory-. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 47, 139-159.
LEE Myung gon. Bergson, A Treatise on the Nature of Memory and the Formation Process of the Self (Consciousness)-Focusing on Matter and Memory-. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE. 2025; 47 139-159.
LEE Myung gon. Bergson, A Treatise on the Nature of Memory and the Formation Process of the Self (Consciousness)-Focusing on Matter and Memory-. 2025; 47 : 139-159.
LEE Myung gon. "Bergson, A Treatise on the Nature of Memory and the Formation Process of the Self (Consciousness)-Focusing on Matter and Memory-" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.47(2025) : 139-159.
