The event universe : the revisionary metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead / Leemon B. McHenry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McHenry, Leemon B., 1950- author.

Series:

Crosscurrents (Edinburgh University Press)

Crosscurrents

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947.

Whitehead, Alfred North.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 169 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Leemon McHenry argues that Whitehead's metaphysics provides a more adequate 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 naturalized and speculative approach to metaphysics as opposed to analytical and linguistic methods that arose in the 20th century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Descriptive Metaphysics

3. The Influence of Modern Physics

4. The Revisionary Theory of Events

5. The Theory of Extension

6. The Problem of Time

7. Philosophical Implications

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Oct 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1474416101

1474400353

9781474400350

OCLC:

1301548305