Project Gutenberg 2004-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 185 Stephen, Karin 1889 1953 The Misuse of Mind "The Misuse of Mind" by Karin Stephen is a philosophical study written in the early 20th century. The text explores Henri Bergson's critique of intellectualism, emphasizing the limitations of traditional philosophical methods that rely heavily on analysis and classification. The book aims to provide a deeper understanding of Bergson's view on reality, knowledge, and the processes of thought, striving to present a coherent interpretation of his themes and concepts. The opening of the work sets the stage by introducing Bergson's philosophy and its reception among intellectual circles. Stephen elucidates the common criticism of Bergson as promoting a form of intellectual laziness due to his rejection of rigid logical structures in favor of a more fluid understanding of knowledge. She explains that Bergson’s approach calls for a complete shift in mental habits to grasp the nature of reality and knowledge, proposing that true understanding arises from direct experience rather than abstract concepts and categorizations. This initial portion lays the groundwork for a deeper exploration of how our intellectual biases hinder our understanding of facts as they truly are, as opposed to how we conceptually classify them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 42.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941 Knowledge, Theory of B Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics 169477 2025-10-03T07:17:10.978655 text/html 167680 2020-01-21T18:30:40 text/html 128804 2025-10-03T07:17:15.364649 application/epub+zip 127906 2025-10-03T07:17:12.674649 application/epub+zip 127905 2025-10-03T07:17:11.605663 application/epub+zip 253586 2025-10-03T07:17:17.499627 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 241894 2025-10-03T07:17:14.710658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218882 2022-09-03T11:20:33.748426 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159454 2025-10-03T07:17:10.688674 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 159725 2020-06-21T05:38:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17976 2025-10-03T07:17:17.622621 application/rdf+xml 14097 2025-10-03T07:17:12.088649 image/jpeg 3653 2025-10-03T07:17:11.843662 image/jpeg 52198 2020-12-29T14:45:31 application/octet-stream application/zip 104449 2020-12-29T14:45:31 application/octet-stream application/zip 123030 2025-10-03T07:17:10.991666 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia