Pierfrancesco Basile makes it possible to grasp the main concepts of Whitehead's process metaphysics especially the crucial notion that being and power are one and the same and appreciate the complex way this is rooted in the modern philosophical tradition.
Pierfrancesco Basile makes it possible to grasp the main concepts of Whitehead's process metaphysics especially the crucial notion that being and power are one and the same and appreciate the complex way this is rooted in the modern philosophical tradition.
Pierfrancesco Basile is a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Part I. In Search of a New Metaphysics 1. Introduction: Metaphysics, Science, Common Sense 2. Speculative Metaphysics: Defining the Ideal Part II. From Permanence to Process 3. Deconstructing Tradition: Substance Revisited 4. The Flowing Self: From Monads to Actual Occasions 5. Overcoming the Cartesian Legacy: The Process Concept of Substance Part III. From Process to Permanence 6. Changing Shapes of Reality: Understanding Nature under a Social Analogy 7. Theological Afterthoughts: A Neo-Platonic God for a Darwinian Universe? 8. Conclusion: The Ethics of Creativity - A Deweyan Critique Appendix: The Making of a Metaphysician - a Biographical Note Bibliography Index
Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Part I. In Search of a New Metaphysics 1. Introduction: Metaphysics, Science, Common Sense 2. Speculative Metaphysics: Defining the Ideal Part II. From Permanence to Process 3. Deconstructing Tradition: Substance Revisited 4. The Flowing Self: From Monads to Actual Occasions 5. Overcoming the Cartesian Legacy: The Process Concept of Substance Part III. From Process to Permanence 6. Changing Shapes of Reality: Understanding Nature under a Social Analogy 7. Theological Afterthoughts: A Neo-Platonic God for a Darwinian Universe? 8. Conclusion: The Ethics of Creativity - A Deweyan Critique Appendix: The Making of a Metaphysician - a Biographical Note Bibliography Index
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