Science and Philosophy
Published on 4. November 2014
304 pages
978-1-4976-7580-3 (ISBN)
Description
From a discussion of Einstein's theories to an analysis of meaning, the philosopher offers a fascinating collection of essays on a wide range of topics.
This is a collection of many of Whitehead's papers that are scattered elsewhere. It was the penultimate book he published, and represents his mature thoughts on many topics. Philosophical Library has done a great service by publishing a representative collection of his writings on the subjects of Philosophy, Education and Science. The portion on Philosophy includes five papers: "Immortality", "Mathematics and the Good", "Process and Reality", "John Dewey and His Influence" and the "Analysis of Meaning."
The first three chapters consist of Whitehead's personal reflections illumined by flashes of his lively humor. They are picturesque and amusing. The remainder of the book consists of chapters on Philosophy, Education, and Science. They cover in depth his positions on many scientific and philosophical matters in an extraordinarily unified way. The final section of the book is devoted to excellent surveys of Geometry and Mathematics as well as a paper on Einstein's theories.
This is a collection of many of Whitehead's papers that are scattered elsewhere. It was the penultimate book he published, and represents his mature thoughts on many topics. Philosophical Library has done a great service by publishing a representative collection of his writings on the subjects of Philosophy, Education and Science. The portion on Philosophy includes five papers: "Immortality", "Mathematics and the Good", "Process and Reality", "John Dewey and His Influence" and the "Analysis of Meaning."
The first three chapters consist of Whitehead's personal reflections illumined by flashes of his lively humor. They are picturesque and amusing. The remainder of the book consists of chapters on Philosophy, Education, and Science. They cover in depth his positions on many scientific and philosophical matters in an extraordinarily unified way. The final section of the book is devoted to excellent surveys of Geometry and Mathematics as well as a paper on Einstein's theories.
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Alfred North Whitehead, OM FRS (15 February 1861-30 December 1947) was a philosopher and mathematician. He is the founding father of the philosophical school of process philosophy. This school has found many areas of application to the disciplines of ecology, theology, education, physics, biology, economics, and psychology. His early work was in logic, and physics. The three-volume
Principia Mathematica (1910-13), written with Bertrand Russell is considered to be one of the most important classical works in mathematical logic. Starting late in 1910 Whitehead developed an interest in philosophy of science, and metaphysics. Whitehead's main point of departure from western philosophy is that reality was fundamentally constructed by events rather than substances which means that both are intertwined in a web of reality. Whitehead argued that "there is urgency in coming to see the world as a web of interrelated processes of which we are integral parts, so that all of our choices and actions have consequences for the world around us."
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Part I: Personal
- Autobiographical Notes
- Memories
- The Education of an Englishman
- England and the Narrow Seas
- An Appeal to Sanity
- Part II: Philosophy
- Immortality
- Mathematics and the Good
- Process and Reality
- John Dewey and His Influence
- Analysis of Meaning
- Uniformity and Contingency
- Part III: Education
- The Study of the Past-Its Uses and Its Dangers
- Education and Self-Education
- Mathematics and Liberal Education
- Science in General Education
- Historical Changes
- Harvard: The Future
- Part IV: Science
- The First Physical Synthesis
- Axioms of Geometry
- Mathematics
- Einstein's Theory
- Acknowledgments
- Copyright Page
