Henri Bergson

Henri Bergson, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1859-10-18 in Paris, France

Gender: male

Field: French philosopher (1859–1941)

Biography

Henri-Louis Bergson was a French philosopher who was influential in the traditions of analytic philosophy and continental philosophy, especially during the first half of the 20th century until the Second World War, but also after 1966 when Gilles Deleuze published Le Bergsonisme. Bergson is known for his arguments that processes of immediate experience and intuition are more significant than abstract rationalism and science for understanding reality.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1928

Awarded on: 1928-11-13

"in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented"