Process and Reality

By Whitehead, Alfred North
Process and Reality

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Authors: Whitehead, Alfred North
Copyright: 1978
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780029345702
ISBN10: 0029345707
Page Count: 448
Dimensions: 6.16x1.08x9.3
Publisher: Free Press

Strand Notes

In this set of lectures, Whitehead explains the kind of speculative philosophy - the philosophy of organism - he used to interpret the ideas and problems of civilizaed thoughtand shows how it puts the various elements of our experience into a consistent relation to each other. In relating human experience to philosophical problems, he examines a group of seventeenth and eighteenth century philosophers, particularly Descartes, Newton, Locke, Hume, and Kant. First published in 1929, this edition corrects all errors in original edition. Index; Editors' Notes. 413p.

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One of the major philosophical texts of the 20th century, Process and Reality is based on Alfred North Whitehead's influential lectures that he delivered at the University of Edinburgh in the 1920s on process philosophy.

Whitehead's master work in philsophy, Process and Reality propounds a system of speculative philosophy, known as process philosophy, in which the various elements of reality into a consistent relation to each other. It is also an exploration of some of the preeminent thinkers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, such as Descartes, Newton, Locke, and Kant.

The ultimate edition of Whitehead's magnum opus, Process and Reality is a standard reference for scholars of all backgrounds.

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