Duration (philosophy)

High school (ages 12+)
Philosophy & Big Questions

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/duration-philosophy

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is "duration" in philosophy?Duration is the idea that real time is a flowing, continuous experience, not just a series of separate moments that we can count with a clock.
2. Why does Henri Bergson say measuring time is wrong?He says measuring time turns it into a static picture, like a photograph, and loses the living flow that we feel in our minds.

La durée: The French term for duration, representing the continuous, qualitative flow of subjective temporal experience.
Qualitative Multiplicity: A multiplicity where elements are distinct yet interpenetrate and blend, characteristic of consciousness and duration.
Quantitative Multiplicity: A multiplicity where elements are distinct, separable, and can be counted or measured, like points on a line.
Intuition (Bergsonian): A direct, immediate apprehension of reality that grasps the essence of things from within, contrasting with intellectual analysis.