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OverviewOriginally published in 1985. The second volume of Victor Lowe's definitive work on Alfred North Whitehead completes the biography of one of the twentieth century's most influential yet least understood philosophers. In 1910 Whitehead abruptly ended his thirty-year association with Trinity College of Cambridge and moved to London. The intellectual and personal restlessness that precipitated this move ultimately led Whitehead—at the age of sixty-three—to settle in America and change the focus of his work from mathematics to philosophy. Volume 2 of Alfred North Whitehead: The Man and His Work follows Whitehead's journey to the United States and analyzes his expanding intellectual life. Although Whitehead wrote philosophy based on natural science while still in London, he began his most important work shortly after moving to Harvard in 1924. Science and the Modern World appeared in 1925, Religion in the Making in 1926, Symbolism in 1927, and Process and Reality in 1929. Discussing these and other important works, Lowe combines scholarly analysis with valuable insights gathered from Whitehead's friends and colleagues. Although Whitehead ordered that all his private papers be destroyed, Lowe was given access to letters the philosopher wrote to his son, North, and others. Never before published, the letters add a new personal dimension to Whitehead's life and thought. Photographs of the philosopher, his family, and associates provide an intimate look at a private and self-effacing man whose work has had a lasting impact on twentieth-century thought. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Victor LowePublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9781421433486ISBN 10: 1421433486 Pages: 386 Publication Date: 19 May 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Preface Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Whiteheads Chapter 3. Childhood Chapter 4. Sherborne Chapter 5. Student at Cambridge Chapter 6. Mathematics at Cambridge Chapter 7. The Cambridge Apostles Chapter 8. The Young Mathematician Chapter 9. Whitehead's Thirtieth Year Chapter 10. The Married Mathematician Chapter 11. Bertrand Russell Chapter 12. Principia Mathematica Chapter 13. Principia Mathematica (Continued) Chapter 14. ""On Mathematical Concepts of the Material World"" Chapter 15. Last Years in Cambridge Notes Bibliography Index"ReviewsA very readable biography of one of the twentieth century's most powerful philosophers. -Isis A very readable biography of one of the twentieth century's most powerful philosophers. * Isis * A very readable biography of one of the twentieth century's most powerful philosophers. --Isis Author InformationVictor Lowe was a professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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