The essays in this book examine the proposition that an interpretation of subjects and subjectivity from the ontological perspective, first outlined by Alfred North Whitehead and elaborated by Ivor Leclerc, provides the foundation that is essential in order to develop a philosophy of nature and human action.
Paul A. Bogaard and Gordon Treash both teach in the Department of Philosophy at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Acknowledgments Foreword Robert C. Neville Introduction Section One: Historical Antecedents 1. Kant's Criticism of Panpsychism from the Perspective of the Whiteheadian Metaphysics of Subjectivity [translated from German]Reiner Wiehl 2. The Nature of Nature: Kant and WhiteheadGordon Treash 3. Leibniz and Modern ScienceErrol E. Harris 4. Metaphysical Lessons of IdealismHugo A. Meynell Section Two: The Subject as Creative 5. Creativity as General ActivityJan Van der Veken and André Cloots 6. Mais Où Sont Les Neiges D'Antan?Donald W. Sherburne 7. Perfecting the Ontological PrincipleLewis S. Ford 8. The Systematic Ambiguity of Some Key Whiteheadian TermsGeorge L. Kline 9. To Be Is To Be Substance-In-RelationW. Norris Clarke, S. J. Section Three: The Subject as Foundation 10.Temporality and the Concept of BeingAlbert Shalom 11.The Metaphor of a Foundation for KnowledgeEdward Pols 12.Collective GuiltJude P. Dougherty Section Four: Science, Interaction and the Philosophy of Nature 13.Metaphysical Systems and Scientific Theories: A Structural ComparisonFriedrich Rapp 14.The Philosophical Content of Quantum ChemistryPaul A. Bogaard 15.6The Nature of Chemical ExistenceJoseph E. Earley 16.What is Time?Ilya Prigogine Section Five: Subjectivity and God 17.God, Necessary and Contingent; World, Contingent and Necessary;and the Fifteen Other Options in Thinking About GodCharles Hartshorne 18.Persons and God Hywel D. Lewis Contributors Bibliography Index of Names Index of Subjects