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Alfred North Whitehead OM FRS FBA (15 February 1861 – 30 December 1947) was an English mathematician and philosopher. He created the philosophical school known as process philosophy , [ 2 ] which has been applied in a wide variety of disciplines, including ecology , theology , education , physics , biology , economics , and psychology .
In theoretical physics, Whitehead's theory of gravitation was introduced by the mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead in 1922. [1] While never broadly accepted, at one time it was a scientifically plausible alternative to general relativity. However, after further experimental and theoretical consideration, the theory is now ...
Alfred North Whitehead began teaching and writing on process and metaphysics when he joined Harvard University in 1924. [20] In his book Science and the Modern World (1925), Whitehead noted that the human intuitions and experiences of science, aesthetics, ethics, and religion influence the worldview of a community, but that in the last several ...
Dr Alfred North Whitehead: The Concept of Nature 1923: Dr C. D. Broad: The border-line between physics and psychology 1926: Hon. Bertrand Russell: The analysis of matter 1929: Professor G.E. Moore: Knowledge direct and indirect [2] 1931: Revd F. R. Tennant: The relations between the different departments of knowledge 1935: Mr A.D. Ritchie: The ...
The Whitehead Research Project (WRP) is dedicated to research and scholarship on the texts, philosophy, and life of mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead.It explores and analyzes the relevance of Whitehead's thought in dialogue with contemporary philosophies in order to unfold his philosophy of organism and its consequences for our time and in relation to emerging philosophical ...
Works by Alfred North Whitehead (2 P) Pages in category "Alfred North Whitehead" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The tribe is working to bolster the fish's population by building a stream channel, two connected ponds and about 20 acres of floodplain. "You have salmon who provide for humans, but they also ...
Process theology is a type of theology developed from Alfred North Whitehead's (1861–1947) process philosophy, but most notably by Charles Hartshorne (1897–2000), John B. Cobb (b. 1925), and Eugene H. Peters (1929–1983). Process theology and process philosophy are collectively referred to as "process thought".