Stubborn Fact and Creative Advance
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.11 (888 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0847678288 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Hosinski is professor at the University of Portland in Oregon. . Thomas E
A measure of clarity, at last Alfred North Whitehead is, without question, the most original philosopher of the twentieth century. Unfortunately, his most important work, Process and Reality: An essay in cosmology, is almost impenetrable. This is not the first attempt to make Whitehead's metaphysics more understandable, but it is the best to date. Although Whitehead's goal was to uncover the structure of reality as revealed in human experience, his insights have been laregely overlooked, in no small part because of the difficulty of his text. Hosinksi has accomplished what many may ha. "No kidding, Start Here" according to CDBudd. Tired of reading books on process philosophy and ending up nearly as confused at the end as you were in the beginning? GET THIS ONE FIRST! I have read many books which try to explain Whitehead, and there are some very good ones out there, but they all pale in comparison to this one when it comes to getting your brain around the subject.Some assume you are a PhD. Some have an overtly religious agenda. Some settle in on certain aspects and ramifications of Whiteheads thoughts. Some are just new age in new terminology. This book walks you through Process Phi. IRAU said Best intro to Whitehead. Like all the comments below, this book made me understand Whitehead.When I was desperately trying to understand him many years ago.I stumbled upon this book at my school's library and had an ecstacy.This book is a guide to the door opening to glimmering Whiteheadian worldseemingly reaching up to the end of universe; TOE(theory of everything),Quantum mechanics, Deleuze, Buddhism, Heidegger, Luhmann, Hegel,Neo-confucianism, Bergson, Ponty, so on and on.
"an attractive alternative to Victor Lowe's Understanding Whitehead, Ivor Leclerc's Whitehead's Metaphysics, and Donald Sherburne's A Key to Whitehead's Process and Reality.Recommended for advanced undergraduates and beyond."-CHOICE
This book will not only inform new students but will also enlighten seasoned scholars of Whitehead's work. Going beyond simple exposition, Hosinski's expert use of examples and illustrations clarifies Whitehead's neologisms and obscurities. (CHOICE)a sympathetic and spirited defence of Whitehead's complex metaphysics one of the best introductory renderings of the status and significance of actual entities (Transactions of the Charles S. (Theological Studies)a masterful job of introducing complex new Whiteheadian language in a gentle, systematic way.The availability of this