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Description of  Henri Bergson and the Philosophy of Religion (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy)

This book connects the philosophy of Henri Bergson to contemporary debates in metaphysics and analytic philosophy of religion. More specifically, the book demonstrates how Bergsons philosophy of time can respond to the problem of foreknowledge and free will. The question of how humans can be free if God knows everything has been a perennial issue of debate in analytic philosophy of religion. The solution to this problem relies heavily on what one thinks about time. The problem of time is central to Bergsons philosophical system. In this book, the author offers a systematic application of Bergsons thought to the freedom and foreknowledge problem. The first chapter presents a discussion of Bergsons central concept of Read more