Mirror selfie of me holding my book

UK cover of Herald of a Restless World How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People by Emily Herring

US cover of Herald of a Restless World How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People by Emily Herring

A bunch of new people followed me recently so I must remind you that I wrote a biography of Henri Bergson called Herald of a Restless World.
I wrote it with my HANDS and BRAIN and I'm very proud of it. John Banville called it “The most intellectually stimulating book I read this year” (last year).

Groupe de lecture bergsonien organisé par
@doudjabmz.bsky.social

Programme 2025-2026

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This issue of the Annals of the Japan Assoc. for Philosophy of Science focuses on Prigogine’s late philosophy of time—how irreversibility reshapes physics—tracing Bergson’s influence and assessing its meaning for contemporary science and philosophy.

Annals of the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science Published by Japan Association for Philosophy of Science. FREE ACCESS

📘 Special Issue: Temporalizing Physics—Bergson, Prigogine & irreversibility. Physicists & philosophers explore time, history & relevance.

Open access:
www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jafpo...

Mark Sinclair Lecture Series in Japan 2026: Bergson on Freedom, Time, and Science (Jan 23-28)

matterandmemory.jimdofree.com/english/2026...

Went to this. I am trying to be less of a recluse in Paris.

It was good. The book is definitely on my to read list

Discussion and Q&A about the new Bergson biography “Herald of a Restless World” with author Emily Herring – February 19, 2025
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Bergsonism in dialogue - YouTube 5th meeting of the international network on global Bergsonism, Online (Mykolas Romeris University Vilnius/CNRS/Ens Paris), 16-17 and 23-24 January 2025

The videos from our recent "Bergsonism in dialogue" conference are now available on YouTube! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Wednesday February 19 7 pm 11 rue de Medicis 75005 Emily Herring in conversation with Alice Murphy

Paris friends! Come hear @alicemurphs.bsky.social and I chat about Bergson's life and philosophy at the awesome Red Wheelbarrow Book Store on February 19th!

Colloque « Temps, durée, musique : rencontres entre Henri Bergson et Olivier Messiaen » le 13 février 2025
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Henri Bergson was once the world’s most famous philosopher He sought to reconcile science and metaphysics

Your favourite Bergson maniac has been reviewed in The Economist checkmate Bertrand Russell www.economist.com/culture/2025...

Starting now!!!

13:30-15.00
Arnaud Bouaniche: Penser la naissance avec Bergson aujourd’hui

Clémence Guillermain: Relire L’Évolution créatrice pour mieux comprendre le vieillissement biologique

TODAY
10 am CET
Piotr Kostyło: Intuition as a reward for intellectual effort

11-12.30 am
Doudja Boumaza: Fonction(s) de la mémoire épisodique: perspective analytico-bergsonienne

Ellen Emilie Henriksen: On the temporal governance of chance: creative futures and machine intelligence

History Unplugged title page

I had a fun chat about the life and philosophy of Henri Bergson on the History Unplugged podcast open.spotify.com/episode/6h9g...

Join us tomorrow for day 3 or the Bergsonism in dialogue online conference!

Andreas Berghaus on Russell vs Bergson now!

Henri Bergson: Materia e Memoria

Séminaire en ligne coordonné par Roberta Lanfredini, Federica Buongiorno, Vera Cavedagna et Letizia Cipriani de l’Univeristé de Florence, pour relire et commenter Matière et Mémoire, à partir du 10 janvier

Bergson inédit Henri Bergson garde une surprenante actualité. Sa pensée continue de susciter recherches et débats. Fin connaisseur de son œuvre, qu'il étudie depuis trois décennies, Frédéric Worms éclaire la façon d...

Dans cet entretien, Frédéric Worms revient sur une riche saison de publications, sur l'exposition à la Bibliothèque de l'ENS et sur l'héritage profond de la recherche bergsonienne
laviedesidees.fr/Bergson-ined...

Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciirlionus Winter VII 1907

Bergsonism in dialogue – 5th meeting of the international network on global Bergsonism – Online (Mykolas Romeris University Vilnius/CNRS/Ens Paris)

16-17 and 23-24 January 2025

Full programme here:

bergson.hypotheses.org/3516

The Timeliness of Bergson Undoing pervasive misconceptions about Bergson's philosophy (I'm looking at you Bertrand Russell)

The Timeliness of Bergson. Undoing pervasive misconceptions about Bergson's philosophy (I'm looking at you Bertrand Russell)
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...

Black and white photo of Henri Bergson

Henri Bergson died on this day 1941. He died in Nazi occupied Paris from pneumonia he contracted waiting in line in the cold to register as Jewish. In the weeks after he passed, strange details about his final moments started emerging🧵

Avec Sarah Al-Matary, nous sommes allés à la rencontre de Frédéric Worms pour parler d'Henri Bergson qu'il connaît si bien.

L'actualité de Bergson, sa dimension globale, ses inédits... autant d'aspects qui expliquent l'étonnement que le philosophe continue à susciter.⤵️

Bergson inédit Henri Bergson garde une surprenante actualité. Sa pensée continue de susciter recherches et débats. Fin connaisseur de son œuvre, qu'il étudie depuis trois décennies, Frédéric Worms éclaire la façon d...

Dans cet entretien, Frédéric Worms revient sur une riche saison de publications, sur l'exposition à la Bibliothèque de l'ENS et sur l'héritage profond de la recherche bergsonienne
laviedesidees.fr/Bergson-ined...

Henri Bergson: Materia e Memoria

Séminaire en ligne coordonné par Roberta Lanfredini, Federica Buongiorno, Vera Cavedagna et Letizia Cipriani de l’Univeristé de Florence, pour relire et commenter Matière et Mémoire, à partir du 10 janvier

Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciirlionus Winter VII 1907

Bergsonism in dialogue – 5th meeting of the international network on global Bergsonism – Online (Mykolas Romeris University Vilnius/CNRS/Ens Paris)

16-17 and 23-24 January 2025

Full programme here:

bergson.hypotheses.org/3516

Cover of Henri Bergson Een biografie. A black and white photo of bergson leaning on the title

How cool is this!? The Dutch translation of Herald of a Restless World will be out on May 22nd! Pre-order now www.uitgeverijtenhave.nl/boek/henri-b...

An iPad showing a page of Bergson’s Time and Free Will and a rocks tumbler filled with eggnog and nutmeg, both sitting on a blond wood table.

The perfectio of another wild Christmas with the littles.

Some Bergson and a cheering glass are not unduly won.

The brain doesn't create consciousness | Paul Marshall The materialist assumption that consciousness is produced by the brain is on the decline. New theories, such as panpsychism, the idea that consciousness exists throughout the physical universe, are…

Consciousness is generated by the brain, isn’t it? | https://buff.ly/3pPqTK7

Echoing great thinkers like Henri Bergson and Aldous Huxley, Paul Marshall suggests that the brain possibly acts as a ‘reducing valve’ for consciousness.

#philsci #consciousness

Poster for the event Colloque « Temps, durée, musique : rencontres entre Henri Bergson et Olivier Messiaen » le 13 février 2025

Colloque « Temps, durée, musique : rencontres entre Henri Bergson et Olivier Messiaen » le 13 février 2025

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