Bergsonian

See also: bergsonian

English

From Bergson +‎ -ian.

Bergsonian (comparative more Bergsonian, superlative most Bergsonian)

Of or relating to Henri-Louis Bergson (1859–1941), French philosopher, who convinced many thinkers that immediate experience and intuition are more significant than rationalism and science in understanding reality.
Synonym: Bergsonist
- 1985, Oliver Sacks, “The Lost Mariner”, chapter 2 in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Reset 2007 edition), page 41:
  Jimmie, who was so lost in extensional ‘spatial’ time, was perfectly organised in Bergsonian ‘intentional’ time; what was fugitive, unsustainable, as formal structure, was perfectly stable, perfectly held, as art or will.

of or relating to Bergson

Bergsonian (plural Bergsonians)

A follower of Bergsonian philosophy; an adherent of Bergsonism.
Synonym: Bergsonist