Stubborn Fact and Creative Advance

An Introduction to the Metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

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'...an attractive alternative to Victor Lowe's Understanding Whitehead, Ivor Leclerc's Whitehead's Metaphysics, and Donald Sherburne's A Key to Whitehead's Process and Reality....Recommended for advanced undergraduates and beyond.'-CHOICE

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Utgivningsdatum:1993-08-23
Mått:156 x 233 x 25 mm
Vikt:617 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:300
Förlag:Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN:9780847678273

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Thomas E. Hosinski is professor at the University of Portland in Oregon.

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At last, however, we have in Hosinski's fine book an exceptional approachable introduction to process thought, and one especially apt for those who wish to examine its theological possibilities.

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Chapter 1 Introduction: Whitehead and His Philosophy of Organism Part 2 Part I: Human Experience and Actual Entities Chapter 3 Human Experience and Common Sense Chapter 4 The Theory of Concrescence: Initial Phase Chapter 5 Theory of Concrescence: Responsive and Integrative Phases Chapter 6 The Theory of Concrescence: The Supplemental Phases in "Higher Grade" Occasions Chapter 7 Societies and Grades of Actual Occasions Part 8 Part II: God and the World Chapter 9 The Primordial Nature of God: The Unity of Actuality Chapter 10 The Ultimacy of God Part 11 Part III: Whitehead and Christian Theology Chapter 12 The Usefulness of Whitehead's Philosophy for Christian Theology