Pierfrancesco Basile

Whitehead's Metaphysics of Power

Reconstructing Modern Philosophy

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9781474437400
• ISBN-10: 1474437400
• Artikelnr.: 51154196

Autorenporträt

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