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Understanding Whitehead

Victor Lowe

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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. Understanding Whitehead collects nine essays written by Victor Lowe originally published between 1941 and 1961. The essays have been revised for inclusion in this volume.

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418
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9781421435930
Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Part I. Whitehead's Way
Chapter 1. Alfred North Whitehead and His Philosophy
Chapter 2. The Metaphysical System
Chapter 3. Whitehead's Philosophy of Science
Chapter 4

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Part I. Whitehead's Way
Chapter 1. Alfred North Whitehead and His Philosophy
Chapter 2. The Metaphysical System
Chapter 3. Whitehead's Philosophy of Science
Chapter 4. Whitehead's Philosophy of Religion
Part II. The Development of Whitehead's Philosophy
Chapter 5. Introduction to Part II
Chapter 6. The First Period of Whitehead's Work, C. 1981-1913: Universal Algebra AND Principia Mathematica
Chapter 7. The First Period of Whitehead's Work (Continued): "On Mathematical Concepts of the Material World" and Later Writings
Chapter 8. The Second Period of Whitehead's Work, C. 1914-1923: Philosophy of Natural Science
Chapter 9. The Third Period of Whitehead's Work, C. 1924-1947: The Philosophy of Organism
Chapter 10. The Third Period of Whitehead's Word (Continued): Adventures of Ideas and Later Writings
Part III. Experience and Metaphysics
Chapter 11. An Approach to Metaphysics
Chapter 12. Empirical Method in Metaphysics
Chapter 13. William James and Whitehead's Doctrine of Prehensions
Part IV. Conclusion
Chapter 14. Learning from Whitehead
Index

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Victor Lowe

Victor Lowe was a professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He was an authority on British mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead.