Readings

As I was reading through "Matter and Memory," I was very frustrated and confounded by the assertions Bergson used (he used various shaky claims, beliefs, and ruled many claims to be universal without proof to prove his points correct, which bothers me... and I think Russell has a problem with this too). However, I found myself liking a theory that Bergson came up with and didn't want to post it on Bb because it's not a question, so I decided to write it on here. I broke it down into this summary:

Present perception = one link on a totality of objects "chain"

Our memories form a similar chain

Our character = synthesis of all our past states

I really like this theory that he has asserted due to the fact that I believe that all of our past experiences and what we have learned as people throughout our lives lend to our development as a person. We existed in many different forms of ourselves and have morphed as we have grown through the years. All of these states are "synthesized" into our character and contribute to it.