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| 8226 | A well-posed problem is a problem solved |
| Full Idea: Bergson said that a well-posed problem was a problem solved. | |||
| From: report of Henri Bergson (works [1910]) by G Deleuze / F Guattari - What is Philosophy? 1.3 | |||
| A reaction: This is fairly well in tune with the logical positivist style of philosophising, which tends to ask "what exactly is the question?" rather more than it asks "what is the answer?". I thoroughly approve of both of them (e.g. on free will). |
| 24383 | We only solve problems once we see that all of reality is mobile |
| Full Idea: We can find a solution to philosophical problems only if we succeed, by a reversal of our mental habits, to see in mobility the only reality that is actual. Immobility is but a picture taken of reality by our mind. | |||
| From: Henri Bergson (works [1910], III:560), quoted by Nicholas Rescher - Process Metaphysics 01.08 | |||
| A reaction: Rescher presents Bergson, along with the pragmatists and Whitehead, as a founder of process philosophy. Heraclitus, of course. Begson's view is undeniable at the atomic and subatomic level. But approximate immobilities dominate our world. |