| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 427 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I. Speculation beyond the Bifurcation -- 1. A Constructivist Reading of Process and Reality -- 2. Scientism and the Modern World -- 3. What Is the Style of Matters of Concern -- 4. The Technics of Prehension -- II. The Metaphysics of Creativity -- 5. Whitehead's Involution of an Outside Chance -- 6. Multiplicity and Mysticism -- 7. The Event and the Occasion -- 8. Whitehead and Schools X, Y, and Z -- 9. Whitehead's Curse? -- 10. Cutting Away from Smooth Space -- III. Process Ecology -- 11. Possessive Subjects -- 12. Another Regard -- 13. Of "Experiential Togetherness -- 14. The Order of Nature and the Creation of Societies -- 15. Imaginative Chemistry -- Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
This volume addresses the sudden interest, across a range of disciplines, in Alfred North Whitehead's speculative philosophy. Among its fifteen contributions are essays on metaphysics, philosophy of science, digital art, sociology, computer software design, artificial life, and Whitehead's relation to both continental and analytical philosophy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 19, 2014) |
| Subject |
Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947.
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| SUBJECT |
Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947 fast |
| Subject |
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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PHILOSOPHY -- General.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Philosophy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gaskill, Nicholas, 1981- editor.
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Nocek, A. J., editor
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| LC no. |
2014002119 |
| ISBN |
9781452943213 |
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1452943214 |
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9781452943206 |
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1452943206 |
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0816679967 |
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9780816679966 |
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0816679959 |
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9780816679959 |
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9781452948393 |
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1452948399 |
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