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Alfred North Whitehead, Philosopher Of Time (Hardcover)
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Alfred North Whitehead, Philosopher Of Time (Hardcover)
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Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947), a mathematician and logician by
training, is the author of highly original works at the crossroads
of science and philosophy, exploring the nature of the world around
us and its temporal flow.Convinced that everyday terms distort
reality, Whitehead invented or borrowed terms more appropriate to
his project. The word 'Process', which gives its title to his most
famous work Process and Reality (1929), is central to his thinking.
Process introduces his vision of nature as a succession of
crystallizations, each of which proves the finite granularity of
time: the instant does not exist. It also implies a confrontation
with the theory of relativity and quantum physics. Whitehead's
perspective allows for the occurrence of creative novelties, but
for which the world necessarily cooperates with a deity, the role
of which is examined in this book's last chapter.In Alfred North
Whitehead, Philosopher of Time, the author mixes biographical
elements and intellectual advances, from logicism to philosophies
of nature. A compelling introduction to the Whitehead's demanding
work, this book deciphers a metaphysical landscape often considered
too abstract to be approachable, but points out the philosopher's
imperfections with respect to the scientific advances of our time.
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