Henry Bergson: intellectual and supra-intellectual intuition

Abstract

The article compares Descartes’ concept of intellectual intuition and Bergson’s concept of supra-intellectual intuition to identify the role of the intellectual component of cognition in the philosophy of duration. Emphasis is put not only on the continuity of philosophical views, as shown in the examples of Descartes' dualism and notion of free will, but also on the difference based on these reference points for Bergson, as creativity and qualitative differences, which suggests a passage to “Philosophy of Life.”