Stubborn Fact and Creative Advance

An Introduction to the Metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead

Häftad, 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:1993-08-11
Mått:148 x 227 x 15 mm
Vikt:372 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:286
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780847678280

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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 OrganismPart 2 Part I: Human Experience and Actual EntitiesChapter 3 Human Experience and Common SenseChapter 4 The Theory of Concrescence: Initial PhaseChapter 5 Theory of Concrescence: Responsive and Integrative PhasesChapter 6 The Theory of Concrescence: The Supplemental Phases in "Higher Grade" OccasionsChapter 7 Societies and Grades of Actual OccasionsPart 8 Part II: God and the WorldChapter 9 The Primordial Nature of God: The Unity of ActualityChapter 10 The Ultimacy of GodPart 11 Part III: Whitehead and Christian TheologyChapter 12 The Usefulness of Whitehead's Philosophy for Christian Theology