Leemon B. McHenry is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Wittenberg University

"The most dramatic contribution of this book is found in McHenry's extremely thorough treatment of the problem of relations in both philosophers. McHenry's discussion of Bradley's own critique of relations is clearer and more comprehensive than any to be found in the current literature, and he distinguishes far more carefully than prior treatments between Bradley's critique of internal and external relations and Whitehead's two different sorts of responses."McHenry's most startling and controversial conclusion is that Whitehead has not really addressed or answered Bradley's famous critique and that the two positions stand opposed on the basis of relative plausibility rather than demonstrable logical superiority and inclusiveness. This flies in the face of the prior received interpretations of this issue and reveals the depth and mastery of McHenry's treatment in comparison to earlier commentaries."This is a brilliant work of original historical and philosophical scholarship." — George R. Lucas, Jr., National Endowment for the Humanities

• Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Introduction The Central Plan of This EssayIdealism and RealismWhitehead's Process Realism and Philosophical MethodBradley's Absolute and the Skeptical Method 2. The Metaphysics of Experience Historical PerspectivePanpsychismBradley's Finite Centres of ExperienceWhitehead's Actual Occasions 3. The Analysis of Experience IntroductionThe Specious PresentGenetic Analysis and the Component ElementsWhitehead's Interpretation of Bradley 4. Internal and External Relations Bradley in Relation and ContradictionConcrete Relatedness and PrehensionSymmetrical and Asymmetrical RelationsExtensive Relations and Abstraction 5. Extension and Whole-Part Relations Events versus SubstanceCosmological OutlookTransmutation and the Theory of SocietyCosmic Epochs and the Absolute 6. Time Temporal Unity and DirectionThe Eternalistic Theory of TimeReplies to Some Objections to Whitehead 7. God and the Absolute Universal AbsorptionThe Consequent Nature of God Epilogue Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index