An Introduction to Metaphysics (Introduction a la Metaphysique) is an essay by Henri Bergson that explores the concept of reality. For Bergson, reality occurs not in a series of discrete states but as a process similar to that described by process philosophy or the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. Reality is fluid and cannot be completely understood through reductionistic analysis, which he said "implies that we go around an object", gaining knowledge from various perspectives which are relative. Instead, reality can be grasped absolutely only through intuition, which Bergson expressed as "entering into" the object.
- ISBN10 1494127628
- ISBN13 9781494127626
- Publish Date 29 March 2014 (first published 15 September 1999)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Literary Licensing, LLC
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 98
- Language English