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It is also described as a theory that "the mind is a fundamental feature of the world which exists throughout the universe". [2] It is one of the oldest philosophical theories, and has been ascribed in some form to philosophers including Thales, Plato, Spinoza, Leibniz, Schopenhauer, William James, [3] Alfred North Whitehead, and Bertrand ...
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 .
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 ...
Although pure idealism, such as that of George Berkeley, is uncommon in contemporary Western philosophy, a more sophisticated variant called panpsychism, according to which mental experience and properties may be at the foundation of physical experience and properties, has been espoused by some philosophers such as Alfred North Whitehead [54 ...
Forms of panpsychism and neutral monism were defended in the early twentieth century by the psychologist William James, [116] [117] [note 2] the philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, [117] the physicist Arthur Eddington, [118] [119] and the philosopher Bertrand Russell, [114] [115] and interest in these views has been revived in recent decades by ...
Contemporary Whitehead Studies (CWS) is an interdisciplinary book series that publishes manuscripts from scholars with contemporary and innovative approaches to the studies of Alfred North Whitehead. The book series was founded in 2009 with Rodopi as a special series in the Value Inquiry Book Series.
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. ... Whitehead's theory ...
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".