The Einstein-Bergson debate took place in Paris on April 6, 1922. I have come across various reconstructions, which however do not seem fully satisfactory. Can anybody kindly point me towards:
a) Sources and scholarly attempts at a precise reconstruction of the debate itself and the discussed topics (even in absence of verbatim transcription);
b) Wider interpretations concerning the different underlying views expressed and intentions that emerged during the debate and afterwards.
Context: I am furthering an investigation concerning the relation between philosophy and science, and more specifically, about various understandings of life from different epistemological and theoretical perspectives. Although not directly related to matters of life, I suspect the Einstein-Bergson debate could offer an interesting bit of reflection.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Dr Brighenti,
I gave a talk at Tucson some time ago relating to the problem of the apparent rate at which time is experienced. After the talk an academic approached me and asked if I had come across the work of Bergson. Apparently, the paper dealt directly with a problem first described by him in his debate with Einstein. The content of that talk became a component of the paper written by Professor Ram Vimal and myself - see attached.
The second paper outlines my own views relating to various aspects of our experience of time and the underlying physical process I believe to be involved.
Chris
The proceedings of this april 1922 debate at the Societé Française de Philosophie can be downloaded here : http://www.sofrphilo.fr/activites-scientifiques-de-la-sfp/conferences/grandes-conferences-en-telechargement/
You might also be interested in Emile Meyerson's _La Déduction relativiste_ (1925).
Thank you so much M. Eric Picholle ! Precious resource, wasn't aware of it!
The best reference in relation to that topic is the excellent book written by Jimena Canales, entitled "The physicist and the philosopher: Einstein, Bergson and the debate that changed our understanding of time".
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