Abstract

The following article opens with an analysis of the complementary interpretation of quantum mechanics, claiming that it does not stand as a description for reality, but for a world's picture created by our consciousness. This claim is supported by Kant's view of the separation between the world as perceived by human consciousness and the-thing-in-itself, the reality which we can never approach. The article then proposes a different alternative for interpretation, based on Henri Bergson's philosophy of time and matter. Bergson's main ideas (from the late 19 century and early 20 century) are presented in light of quantum mechanics and other conceptual difficulties such as Zeno's paradox. The article ends with a reference to Bergson's vitalism, showing the potential relevance of his evolution theory to the recently developed fields of complex systems and the emergence of order out of chaos.