Rehabilitation of Whitehead

An Analytic and Historical Assessment of Process Philosophy

Häftad, Engelska, 1989

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Lucas treats Whitehead within the framework of major themes in current Anglo-American "analytic" philosophy, viewed against the backdrop of significant historical trends in European and American thought since the Enlightenment. This most misunderstood of twentieth-century philosophers is critically interpreted here.Whitehead had developed 50 years ago some ideas only now emerging in analytic philosophy. Lucas examines the significance of Whitehead's thought for current epistemology of science, for the anti-foundationalism debate, and more generally, for modal logic, action, theory, philosophical psychology, and the philosophy of mind. He shows how some recent analytic philosophy is now developing ideas concerning language, personal identity, and other topics that are found in Whitehead.Lucas concludes with recent problems in relativity theory and quantum mechanics, indicating how these bear on the philosophy of science and on the task of forging a comprehensive understanding of nature. He examines the debates concerning Einstein and Whitehead on relativity and analyzes the work of Bohm, Prigogine, and others who have found Whitehead's categories useful for their own success.Whitehead is shown to be a historical figure of great importance, not an idiosyncratic thinker, isolated along with a few enthusiastic followers from the mainstream of contemporary philosophy. With Russell, Whitehead participated in the same philosophical world that gave rise to analytic philosophy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1989-10-15
Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt376 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in Philosophy
Antal sidor280
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780887069895

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Preface I. Systematic Philosophy and the Rehabilitation of Whitehead Systematic Philosophy of the "Death of Philosophy"Systematic Philosophy as Public PhilosophyThe Relevance of WhiteheadThe Rehabilitation of Whitehead PART ONE: Philosophy Before Whitehead II. Evolution and the Emergence of Process Metaphysics On the Advantages and Disadvantages of History for LifeThe Structure of Philosophic RevolutionsEvolution and RevolutionGerman Idealism and Romantic NaturphilosophieThe Convergence of Post-Hegelian Idealism and Later Evolutionary CosmologySummary III. Realism, Idealism, and the Development of Whitehead's Philosophy The Realist RevoltThe Significance of Whitehead's PhilosophyConcluding Summary PART TWO: Whitehead and the Historical Tradition IV. Whitehead and Evolutionary Cosmologies The Importance of Evolutionary CosmologyHistorical Reprise of Evolutionary CosmologyThe Influence of Evolutionary Cosmology on WhiteheadWhitehead's Philosophical Differences from Evolutionary CosmologyWhitehead's Distinctive Contributions to Speculative Metaphysics vis-a-vis Evolutionary CosmologyConclusion V. Whitehead's Understanding of Kant Whitehead's Aversion to IdealismWhitehead and the Problem of KantThe Misappropriation of KantWhitehead's Significant InnovationsConclusion VI. Whitehead, Hegel, and the Philosophy of Nature Whitehead's Theory of Organic MechanismHegel's Philosophy of NatureThe Later Discussion of Nature in Hegel's EncyclopediaConclusion VII. Whitehead and Russell Some Important DifferencesSome Important SimilaritiesSubstantive Philosophical ComparisonsConclusion PART THREE: The Future of Process Philosophy VIII. Analytic and Post-Analytic Themes in Whitehead's Metaphysics Whitehead's Exclusion from the Philosophic MainstreamThe Structure of Scientific RevolutionsThe Logic of Scientific DiscoveryPhilosophy and the Mirror of NaturePossible WorldsMind, Body, Agency, and Personal IdentityThe Reconception of Experience IX. Recent Developments in Process Metaphysics Process Metaphysics and the Problem of FreedomFreedom and the Problem of Human AgencyFreedom and Enduring SubstanceSubstance, Causality, and IdentityTheism and NaturalismThe Causal Objectification of the PastBecoming and BeingThe Compositional Analysis of Whitehead's WritingsConclusion X. Philosophy of Science and Philosopy of Nature The Theory of RelativityBell's Theorem and Causal Explanations in Quantum MechanicsDavid Bohm: Physics and the "Implicate Order"From Physics to a Systematic Philosophy of Nature Conclusion: The Future of Philsophy and of Process Philosophy Notes Index