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Whitehead's metaphysics of power : reconstructing modern philosophy /
Shows how Whitehead's metaphysics developed from his reading of early modern philosophyAt the beginning of his magnum opus, Process and Reality (1929), Whitehead lists a series of beliefs which he thinks are widely held by contemporary philosophers. They are all condemned as dangerously mistake...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I In Search of a New Metaphysics
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Metaphysics, Science, Common Sense
- Chapter 2 Speculative Metaphysics: Defining the Ideal
- Part II From Permanence to Process
- Chapter 3 Deconstructing Tradition: Substance Revisited
- Chapter 4 The Flowing Self: From Monads to Actual Occasions
- Chapter 5 Overcoming the Cartesian Legacy: The Process Concept of Substance
- Part III From Process to Permanence
- Chapter 6 Changing Shapes of Reality: Understanding Nature under a Social Analogy
- Chapter 7 Theological Afterthoughts: A Neo-Platonic God for a Darwinian Universe?
- Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Ethics of Creativity
- A Deweyan Critique
- Appendix: The Making of a Metaphysician
- A Biographical Note
- Bibliography
- Index.