Event Universe
Title | Event Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Leemon B. McHenry |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2015-07-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1474404782 |
Leemon McHenry argues that Whitehead's metaphysics provides a better basis for achieving a unification of physical theory than a traditional substance metaphysics. He investigates the influence of Maxwell's electromagnetic field, Einstein's theory of relativity and quantum mechanics on the development of the ontology of events and compares Whitehead's theory to his contemporaries, C. D. Broad and Bertrand Russell, as well as W. V. Quine. In this way, McHenry defends the naturalised and speculative approach to metaphysics as opposed to analytical and linguistic methods that arose in the 20th century.
Principia Mathematica
Title | Principia Mathematica PDF eBook |
Author | Alfred North Whitehead |
Publisher | |
Pages | 688 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Logic, Symbolic and mathematical |
ISBN |
Quantum Mechanics and the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead
Title | Quantum Mechanics and the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Epperson |
Publisher | Fordham Univ Press |
Pages | 287 |
Release | 2018-09-18 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0823283062 |
In Process and Reality and other works, Alfred North Whitehead struggled to come to terms with the impact the new science of quantum mechanics would have on metaphysics. This ambitious book is the first extended analysis of the intricate relationships between relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and Whitehead's cosmology. Michael Epperson illuminates the intersection of science and philosophy in Whitehead's work-and details Whitehead's attempts to fashion an ontology coherent with quantum anomalies. Including a nonspecialist introduction to quantum mechanics, Epperson adds an essential new dimension to our understanding of Whitehead-and of the constantly enriching encounter between science and philosophy in our century.
Stubborn Fact and Creative Advance
Title | Stubborn Fact and Creative Advance PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas E. Hosinski, C. S. C. |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Pages | 285 |
Release | 1993-08-11 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1461642620 |
"...an attractive alternative to Victor Lowe's Understanding Whitehead, Ivor Leclerc's Whitehead's Metaphysics, and Donald Sherburne's A Key to Whitehead's Process and Reality....Recommended for advanced undergraduates and beyond."-CHOICE
The Quantum of Explanation
Title | The Quantum of Explanation PDF eBook |
Author | Randall E. Auxier |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2017-03-31 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1351792482 |
The Quantum of Explanation advances a bold new theory of how explanation ought to be understood in philosophical and cosmological inquiries. Using a complete interpretation of Alfred North Whitehead’s philosophical and mathematical writings and an interpretive structure that is essentially new, Auxier and Herstein argue that Whitehead has never been properly understood, nor has the depth and breadth of his contribution to the human search for knowledge been assimilated by his successors. This important book effectively applies Whitehead’s philosophy to problems in the interpretation of science, empirical knowledge, and nature. It develops a new account of philosophical naturalism that will contribute to the current naturalism debate in both Analytic and Continental philosophy. Auxier and Herstein also draw attention to some of the most important differences between the process theology tradition and Whitehead’s thought, arguing in favor of a Whiteheadian naturalism that is more or less independent of theological concerns. This book offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to Whitehead’s philosophy and is an essential resource for students and scholars interested in American philosophy, the philosophy of mathematics and physics, and issues associated with naturalism, explanation and radical empiricism.
The Concept of Nature
Title | The Concept of Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Alfred North Whitehead |
Publisher | Cosimo, Inc. |
Pages | 213 |
Release | 2007-01-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1602062137 |
Hailed as "one of the most valuable books on the relation of philosophy and science," Alfred North Whitehead's The Concept of Nature, first published in 1920, was an important contribution to the development of philosophic naturalism. Examining the fundamental problems of substance, space, and time, Whitehead assesses the impact of Einstein's theories as well as the then-recent findings of modern physics on the concept of nature. For students and teachers of natural philosophy, this is essential reading. English mathematician and philosopher ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD (1861-1947) contributed significantly to 20th-century logic and metaphysics. With Bertrand Russell he cowrote the landmark Principia Mathematica, and also authored An Inquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge, The Function of Reason, and Process and Reality.
The Emergence of Whitehead's Metaphysics, 1925-1929
Title | The Emergence of Whitehead's Metaphysics, 1925-1929 PDF eBook |
Author | Lewis S. Ford |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1985-06-30 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1438402996 |
A breathtaking detective story, this book charts the adventure of Whitehead's ideas in a remarkably detailed and careful reconstruction of his metaphysical views. Incorporating heretofore unpublished material from students' notes and correspondence, Professor Ford analyzes the order of composition of various portions of Whitehead's books, principally Science and the Modern World, Religion in the Making, and Process and Reality. Ford's reconstructive method is perfectly tailored to his subject, for Whitehead revised by inserting new material rather than altering or deleting the old. Thus Ford is able to date the sequence of the composition of many passages. In distinguishing these layers of articulation, he has pushed the techniques of "higher criticism" beyond anything the French structuralists and deconstructionists have dreamed of and chronicled an extraordinary intellectual biography.