Hirai, Yasushi

写真a

Affiliation

Faculty of Letters, Department of Humanities and Social Science (Philosophy) （Mita）

Position

Professor
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  • Bergson’s Scientific Metaphysics: Matter and Memory Today

    Hirai Y., Bergson’s Scientific Metaphysics: Matter and Memory Today, 2023.01

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    This volume brings Bergson’s key ideas from Matter and Memory into dialogue with contemporary themes on memory and time in science, across analytic and continental philosophy. Focusing specifically on the application of Bergson’s ideas to cognitive science, the circuit between perception and memory receives full explication in 15 different essays. By re-reading Bergson through a cognitive lens, the essays provide a series of alternative analytic interpretations to the standard continental approach to Bergson’s oeuvre, without fully discounting either approach. The relevance of philosophies of mind and memory sit alongside the role of a metaphysics of time in exploring connections to psychology, biology, and physics. This eclecticism includes an exciting focus on numerous topics that are not given sufficient attention in extant studies of Bergson, including the precise nature of his ideas on dualism, memory, and ecological theories of perception, especially in relation to his contemporaries. Led by leading Bergson scholars from France and Japan, this book maps the rich terrain of Bergson’s contemporary relevance alongside the historical context of his ideas.

  • What is the ‘Thickness’ of the Present? Bergson’s Dual Perception System and the Ontology of Time

    Hirai Y., Bergson’s Scientific Metaphysics: Matter and Memory Today, 2023.01

  • Introduction

    Hirai Y., Bergson’s Scientific Metaphysics: Matter and Memory Today, 2023.01

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • SPECIAL STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY 1

    2024

  • SOURCE READINGS IN PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS 2

    2024

  • SOURCE READINGS IN PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS 1

    2024

  • SELECTED TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY, SEMINAR 4

    2024

  • SELECTED TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY, SEMINAR 3

    2024

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