Understanding Whitehead

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lowe, Victor, 1907-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 p.) illus.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Johns Hopkins University Press 1962

Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1962.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Originally published in 1962. The central aim of this book is to discuss the development of Alfred North Whitehead's thought and to underscore how it is unique. The book collects nine essays written by Victor Lowe originally published between 1941 and 1961. The essays have been revised for inclusion in this volume.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Abbreviations

PART I. WHITEHEAD'S WAY

1. ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD AND HIS PHILOSOPHY

2. THE METAPHYSICAL SYSTEM

3. WHITEHEAD'S PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

4. WHITEHEAD'S PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

PART II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHITEHEAD'S PHILOSOPHY

5. INTRODUCTION TO PART II

6. THE FIRST PERIOD OF WHITEHEAD'S WORK, C. 1891-1913: Universal Algebra and Principia Mathematica

7. THE FIRST PERIOD OF WHITEHEAD'S WORK (CONTINUED): "ON MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS OF THE MATERIAL WORLD" AND LATER WRITINGS

8. THE SECOND PERlOD OF WHITEHEAD 'S WORK, C. 1914-192: PHILOSOPHY OF NATURAL SCIENCE

9. THE THIRD PERIOD OF WHITEHEAD'S WORK, C. 1924-1947: THE PHILOSOPHY OF ORGANISM

10. THE THIRD PERIOD OF WHITEHEAD'S WORK (CONTINUED): Adventures of Ideas and Later Writings

PART III. EXPERIENCE AND METAPHYSICS

11. AN APPROACH TO METAPHYSICS

12. EMPIRICAL METHOD IN METAPHYSICS

13. WILLIAM JAMES AND WHITEHEAD'S DOCTRINE OF PREHENSIONS

PART IV. CONCLUSION

14. LEARNING FROM WHITEHEAD

Index

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Notes:

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ISBN:

0-8018-0399-3

OCLC:

1128827592