Bergsonian

bergsonian English Etymology From en Bergson ian. Pronunciation en /bɜː(ɹ)ɡˈsəʊnɪən/ Adjective Of or relating to Henri Bergson Henri-Louis Bergson (1859–1941), French philosopher, who convinced many thinkers that immediate experience and intuition are more significant than rationalism and science in understanding reality. en Bergsonist 1985, Oliver Sacks, “The Lost Mariner”, chapter 2 in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Reset 2007 edition), page 41: Jimmie, who was so lost in extensional ‘spatial’ time, was perfectly organised in Bergsonian ‘intentional’ time; what was fugitive, unsustainable, as formal structure, was perfectly stable, perfectly held, as art or will. Related terms en Bergsonianism Bergsonism Bergsonist Translations of or relating to Bergson Czech: cs bergsonovský French: fr bergsonien Hungarian: hu bergsoni Romanian: ro bergsonian Spanish: es bergsoniano Noun A follower of Bergsonian philosophy; an adherent of Bergsonism. en Bergsonist en eponyms