Capek, Milic.  Bergson and Modern Physics.  Dordrecht: Reidel, 1971.

Abstract

In Part I Bergson's biological theory of knowledge is analyzed, its differences from the older biological epistemologies (Spencer, Mach, Poincare) pointed out and similarities with the views of Reichenbach, Bachelard and Piaget stressed.  In Part II Bergson's theory of duration is analyzed in detail and the critical comments of Russell, Lovejoy, Royce and Ingarden considered.  In Part III there is a detailed exposition of Bergson's theory of the physical world as 'distended duration' or 'extensive becoming'; his rejection of the visual-tactile models stressed and the question of his anticipations of the general trends in contemporary physics discussed.  Special chapters deal with the relation of Bergson's views to those of Einstein, De Broglie, Whitehead, Boutroux, Bohm and Strawson.  Finally, there are three appendices: "Russell's Hidden Bergsonism," "Microphysical Indeterminacy and Freedom: Bergson and Peirce," "Bergson's Views on Entropy and Cosmogony."  The book contains a facsimile of Bergson's letter to the author commenting on the author's doctoral thesis on a similar topic.  [Abstract from The Philosopher's Index]