After Whitehead : Rescher on process metaphysics / Michel Weber (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weber, Michel, 1963-

Series:

Process Thought

Process thought ; v. 1

Process Thought ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Process philosophy.

Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947.

Whitehead, Alfred North.

Rescher, Nicholas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When Reschers Process Metaphysics (1996) was published, it was widely acclaimed as a major step towards the academic recognition of a mode of thought that has otherwise been confined within sharp scholarly boundaries. Of course it is not an easy book: despite its stylistic clarity, it remains the complex outcome of a lifes work in most areas of philosophy. The goal of the present volume is to systematically unfold the vices and virtues of Process Metaphysics, and thereby to specify the contemporary state of affairs in process thought. To do so, the editor has gathered one focused contribution

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS OF N. RESCHER RELEVANT WORKS

PREFACE / Gochet, Paul

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

INTRODUCTION PROCESS METAPHYSICS IN CONTEXT / Weber, Michel

I. HISTORY OF PROCESS-PHILOSOPHY PROBLEMS OF METHOD AND DOCTRINE / Hampe, Michael

II. THE TAMING OF CHANGE / Decock, Lieven

III. PROCESS AND PARTICULARS / Seibt, Johanna

IV. PROCESS AND UNIVERSALS / Shields, George W.

V. Rescher's Philosophy of Nature / Gunter, Pete A. Y.

VI. REFLECTIONS ON PROCESS AND PERSONS / Atmanspacher, Harald / Martin, Jack

VII. PROCESS LOGIC AND EPISTEMOLOGY / Riche, Jacques

VIII. SCIENCE: PROCESS AND HISTORY / Andersen, Hanne

IX. PROCESS THEOLOGY / Cobb, John B.

X. PROCESS PHILOSOPHY: VIA IDEARUM OR VIA NEGATIVA? / Weekes, Anderson

XI. (APPENDIX) PROCESS SEMANTICS / Poli, Roberto

REPLIES / Rescher, Nicholas

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX NOMINUM

ANALYTIC TABLE OF CONTENTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110328189

3110328186

OCLC:

851970762