George Allan

Whitehead's Radically Temporalist Metaphysics

Recovering the Seriousness of Time

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Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that Whiteheadâ s introduction of God into his process metaphysics renders it incoherent. Replacing roles assigned to God with the powers inherent in finite entities, George Allan recovers a coherent presentation of the truth of timeâ s primacy, using Whiteheadâ s major writings.

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Produktdetails

• Contemporary Whitehead Studies
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9781793620057
• ISBN-10: 1793620059
• Artikelnr.: 63300456

Autorenporträt

George Allan's work as a writer includes articles for several Canadian magazines, stage plays, and television writing, including situation comedies, and dramas for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He is a charter member of the Writers Guild of Canada. No Ending is Allan's debut novel. Researching the book, he spent time on the street with detective units and uniformed law enforcement personnel in Toronto and Vancouver. Allan lives in Southern Ontario with his wife, Katherine.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter One: The God That Failed
Chapter Two: The Power of the Present
Chapter Three: The Power of the Past
Chapter Four: The Shadow of Truth
Chapter Five: Erotic Power
Chapter Six: Metaphoric Power
Chapter Seven: The Solemnity of the World
Bibliography
About the Author