Pierfrancesco Basile makes it possible to grasp the main concepts of Whiteheadâ s process metaphysics â especially the crucial notion that being and power are one and the same â and appreciate the complex way this is rooted in the modern philosophical tradition.
Pierfrancesco Basile makes it possible to grasp the main concepts of Whiteheadâ s process metaphysics â especially the crucial notion that being and power are one and the same â 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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