Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test by White Mark D. & Irwin William

Author:White, Mark D. & Irwin, William [White, Mark D. & Irwin, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History
ISBN: 9780470396858
Amazon: 0470396857
Barnesnoble: 0470396857
Goodreads: 4702077
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

A TI M E LY E N CO U NTE R:

D R. MAN HATTAN AN D

H E N R I B E R G S O N

Christopher M. Drohan

For Dr. Manhattan, time is out of joint. Past, present, and future seem to blend together. In fact, though, his concept of time bears a remarkable similarity to that of the philosopher Henri Bergson (1859 – 1941), who showed that the common notion of linear time is fraught with problems that modern science and philosophy must contend with.

“ His watch isn ’ t the only

thing that ’ s broken. ”

When Dr. Manhattan ’ s breakup plunges him into depression and nostalgia, he teleports himself to an abandoned bar somewhere in the middle of the Arizona desert, where he met his girlfriend, Janey. Finding a well - worn photo of Janey and himself still on the bar wall, Manhattan remembers Christmas 1959, when Janey gave him a gold ring. In this memory, he tells her that he ’ ll always want her, although in the same moment 115

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