AN EXAMINATION OF PROFESSOR BERGSONS PHILOSOPHY BY DAVID BALSILLIE, M. A. LONDON WILLIAMS NORGATE 14 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W. C. IQI2 PREFATORY NOTE THE wide and intense interest in Professor Bergsons Philosophy makes a detailed exami nation of it desirable and it is hoped that the method followed in flHIl OWuitfe of dealing with the distinguished metaphysicians works in the order in which they appeared may have a double advantage, as the best way to test the coherency of the system and to mark the phases of its development. The first chapter, on Time and Free Will, is republished from Mind by the kind per mission of the Editor. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. TIME AND FREE WILL PAGES THE Two FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES, CON CRETE TIME OR DURATION, AND ACTION THE DESTINATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS . . 3, 4 DURATION 5-10 Illustrations leave suspicion that principle is pushed too far, 5-8 superficial states and deep-seated states, and a dualism of two selves, 9, 10. SPACE, HOMOGENEOUS TIME, AND...