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Alfred North Whitehead, Philosopher of Time

Alfred North Whitehead, Philosopher of Time

Lestienne, Rémy

Hardcover

PhilosophySports GeneralPhysics

ISBN10: 1800611773
ISBN13: 9781800611771
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd
Published: Apr 13 2022
Pages: 252
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947), a mathematician and logician by training, is the author of highly original works at the crossroads of science and philosophy, exploring the nature of the world around us and its temporal flow.


Convinced that everyday terms distort reality, Whitehead invented or borrowed terms more appropriate to his project. The word Process, which gives its title to his most famous work Process and Reality (1929), is central to his thinking. Process introduces his vision of nature as a succession of crystallisations, each of which proves the finite granularity of time: the instant does not exist. It also implies a confrontation with the theory of relativity and quantum physics. Whitehead's perspective allows for the occurrence of creative novelties, but for which the world necessarily cooperates with a deity, the role of which is examined in this book's last chapter.

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