Process Philosophical Deliberations

Process Philosophical Deliberations
Title Process Philosophical Deliberations PDF eBook
Author Nicholas Rescher
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 201
Release 2013-05-02
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 3110328321

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Process philosophy has established itself as one of the 20th century's prime contributions to philosophical thought and Nicholas Rescher has for many years figured among its prime exponents. His new book Process Philosophical Deliberations collects together ten studies illuminating various aspects of this many-sided philosophical approach. Among the topics treated are the nature of process philosophy itself, as well as its implementation in such areas as epistemology, value theory, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of science.

Handbook of Whiteheadian Process Thought

Handbook of Whiteheadian Process Thought
Title Handbook of Whiteheadian Process Thought PDF eBook
Author Michel Weber
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 1418
Release 2013-04-30
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 3110333295

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Gathering 115 entries written by 101 internationally renowned experts in their fields, the Handbook of Whiteheadian Process Thought aims at canvassing the current state of knowledge in Whiteheadian scholarship and at identifying promising directions for future investigations through (internal) cross-elucidation and (external) interdisciplinary development. Two kinds of entries are weaved together in order to interpret Whitehead secundum Whitehead and to read him from the vantage point of interdisciplinary and crossdisciplinary research. The “thematic ” entries provide (i) a broad contextualisation of the issue at stake; (ii) a focus on Whitehead's treatment (if any) or of a possible Whiteheadian treatment of the issue; (iii) a history of relevant scholarship; (iv) a personal assessment by the Author. The “biographical ” entries provide (i) a brief vita of the targeted thinker; (ii) a sketch of his/her categories relevant to the Whiteheadian scholarship; (iii) a personal assessment of the actual (or possible) Whiteheadian semantic transfer to or from the thinker.

Neuropsychology and Philosophy of Mind in Process

Neuropsychology and Philosophy of Mind in Process
Title Neuropsychology and Philosophy of Mind in Process PDF eBook
Author Maria Pachalska
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 450
Release 2013-05-02
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 3110329433

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This volume celebrates the life achievements of Jason W. Brown, who, along with Jean Piaget, Heinz Werner, Alexander Luria and the Würzburg school, has significantly contributed to the development of a process-based theory of brain/mind capable of challenging the currently fashionable modularist or cybernetic approaches to understanding human thought and feeling. As a paradigm, Brown's microgenetic theory is thus applicable in both brain science (where Brown was inspired by the pioneering work of Schilder and Pick) and the philosophy of mind (where the influence of Bergson, Whitehead, Cassirer, and Merleau-Ponty can be seen). Essays with a range of focus as wide as Brown's expertise have been collected in such diverse areas as neuropsychology (microstructure of action, symptomatology, neuro-rehabilitation, neurolinguistics, locationism), theoretical psychology (consciousness, hypnosis, morphogenesis, personality development, psychoanalysis, Buddhist psychology, mysticism), and philosophy of mind (evolutionary epistemology, emergence/novelty/creativity, subjectivity, will and action, Whiteheadian process philosophy).

Animation ? Process, Cognition and Actuality

Animation ? Process, Cognition and Actuality
Title Animation ? Process, Cognition and Actuality PDF eBook
Author Dan Torre
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Pages 313
Release 2017-08-24
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 1501308149

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Applies the principles of process philosophy and Deleuzian film aesthetics to animation as a genre and medium.

Philosophical Deliberations

Philosophical Deliberations
Title Philosophical Deliberations PDF eBook
Author Nicholas Rescher
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 152
Release 2013-05-02
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 3110320681

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Philosophical Deliberations continues for the 2011/12 biennium Rescher longstanding practice of publishing groups of philosophical essays. Notwithstanding their thematic diversity, these discussions exhibit a uniformity of method in addressing philosophical issues and a commonality of objective: the elucidation of philosophically pivotal ideas.

Process Philosophy

Process Philosophy
Title Process Philosophy PDF eBook
Author Nicholas Rescher
Publisher University of Pittsburgh Pre
Pages 153
Release 2012-01-11
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0822973936

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Process Philosophy surveys the basic issues and controversies surrounding the philosophical approach known as "process philosophy." Process philosophy views temporality, activity, and change as the cardinal factors for our understanding of the real—process has priority over product, both ontologically and epistemically. Rescher examines the movement’s historical origins, reflecting a major line of thought in the work of such philosophers as Heracleitus, Leibniz, Bergson, Peirce, William James, and especially A. N. Whitehead. Reacting against the tendency to associate process philosophy too closely with this last-named thinker, Rescher writes, “Indeed, one cardinal task for the partisans of process at this particular juncture of philosophical history is to prevent the idea of 'process philosophy' from being marginalized through a limitation of its bearing to the work and influence of any one single individual or group.” This book will appeal to both students and professors of philosophy. Those teachers who have not been trained in process philosophy will welcome this new text by one one of North America’s foremost philosophers as a perspicuous and informative introduction.

Dynamic Being

Dynamic Being
Title Dynamic Being PDF eBook
Author Aljoscha Berve
Publisher Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Pages 435
Release 2015-09-10
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1443882437

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One of the most important characteristics of present day ontological research is the growing interest in, and emphasis on, the dynamic aspects of being and the process-relational character of being itself. However, many important questions still await detailed answers. For example, what is the meaning of the concepts of “dynamics,” “dynamicity,” and “dynamic ontology,” among others? Are they identical to, or similar with, respectively, “processes,” “process ontology,” “process-relational ontology”? Is “process ontology” a type of “dynamic ontology”? Dynamic Being: Essays in Process-Relational Ontology examines these and many other questions, and suggests fruitful approaches in dealing with such questions. The book carries out two main tasks: first, investigating developments in the theory of dynamic and process-relational ontologies, and, second, exploring developments in the application of these ontologies. The second task is multidisciplinary in character. The authors of the chapters in this volume are specialists not only in philosophy, but also in other fields of science, including psychology, biology, mathematics, logic, and computer science, their work providing a “seed-bed” of novel possibilities for cooperative interdisciplinary research.