Bergson and simultaneity (a forgotten chapter of Laughter)
Aumand, Marlène
Bergson and simultaneity (a forgotten chapter of Laughter) - 2018.
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Bergson defines time by the succession that creates novelty. But he uses examples that do not depend on succession but on simultaneity as a ground for another kind of difference, that is the difference between two things that exist at the same time, i.e. individuality. Furthermore, in Laughter, one finds a kind of comic that draws on simultaneous duplication. These cases rest on the difference between natural simultaneity of different individuals and artificial simultaneity of identical beings. This mechanical simultaneity makes one laugh because natural simultaneity is supposed to give rise to differences. What is astonishing and puzzling is the fact that Bergson criticises Kant’s conception of time whereas Kant uncovers the temporal meaning of simultaneity and of “simultaneous diversity.” Furthermore, arguing with Einstein, Bergson has eventually to reintegrate simultaneity into time.
Bergson and simultaneity (a forgotten chapter of Laughter) - 2018.
43
Bergson defines time by the succession that creates novelty. But he uses examples that do not depend on succession but on simultaneity as a ground for another kind of difference, that is the difference between two things that exist at the same time, i.e. individuality. Furthermore, in Laughter, one finds a kind of comic that draws on simultaneous duplication. These cases rest on the difference between natural simultaneity of different individuals and artificial simultaneity of identical beings. This mechanical simultaneity makes one laugh because natural simultaneity is supposed to give rise to differences. What is astonishing and puzzling is the fact that Bergson criticises Kant’s conception of time whereas Kant uncovers the temporal meaning of simultaneity and of “simultaneous diversity.” Furthermore, arguing with Einstein, Bergson has eventually to reintegrate simultaneity into time.
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