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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Randall E. Auxier , Gary L. HersteinPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9781138700161ISBN 10: 1138700169 Pages: 370 Publication Date: 28 March 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction 1. Reading Whitehead 2. Whitehead's Radical Empiricism 3. The Logic in Metaphysics 4. The Quantum of Explanation 5. Extensive Relatedness (The Metaphysics in Logic) 6. The Principle of Relativity 7. Genetic and Co-ordinate Division and Divisibility 8. The Problem of Possibility 9. The Algebra of Negative Prehension 10. The Nature of Naturalism 11. Synoptic Pluralism and the Problem of Whiteheadian ""Theology"" 12. Possibility and God 13. God’s Mortal Soul"ReviewsThis is an insightful and provocative account of Whitehead's metaphysics by two gifted and determined scholars ... Between them, the authors do exhibit the requisite skills for fully understanding Whitehead and put them to good use in this remarkable, highly original treatment ... I heartily recommend that all readers who have ever entertained interest in or curiosity about Whitehead read this remarkable and pathbreaking study. The authors, who write with enviable force and clarity, are by and large right on target in their constructive re-interpretations of his philosophy. - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews """This is an insightful and provocative account of Whitehead's metaphysics by two gifted and determined scholars … Between them, the authors do exhibit the requisite skills for fully understanding Whitehead and put them to good use in this remarkable, highly original treatment … I heartily recommend that all readers who have ever entertained interest in or curiosity about Whitehead read this remarkable and pathbreaking study. The authors, who write with enviable force and clarity, are by and large right on target in their constructive re-interpretations of his philosophy."" – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews" Author InformationRandall E. Auxier is Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He is the author of Time, Will and Purpose: Living Ideas from the Philosophy of Josiah Royce. Gary L. Herstein is an independent scholar with research interests in the philosophy of science, logic, and American philosophy. He is the author of Whitehead and the Measurement Problem of Cosmology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |