Talk:Henri Bergson

Latest comment: 6 years ago by X-ode in topic Nationality, Ethnicity & Religion

Mathematical Problem?

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The article mentions that HB won an award for solving some math problem but it gives no further details. If they are available they would be interesting especially because it might have some bearing on his standing as something more than a "psychologist" in his debate with Einstein.--Jrm2007 (talk) 20:46, 17 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

Nationality, Ethnicity & Religion

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In response to the above discussion

  • Henri Bergson was born in France to foreign born parents. Since the French Revolution, kids born in France with at least one parent born in France are automatically French citizens. This is what they call Double droit du sol. Furthermore, after living in France for 5 years, any kid is eligible to be naturalized as a French citizen. This is most likely what happened to HB.
  • Henri Bergson is clearly of Jewish descent, but without more extensive research, it is hazardous to qualify him as a Polish Jew (most likely Ashkenazi on his father's side) or English Jew (most likely Sephardi on his mother's side). I therefore suggest that we use the more general of Jewish descent to refer to his ancestry in this article.

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