Process-relational philosophy: an introduction to Alfred North Whitehead
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Main Author: Mesle, C. Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: West Conshohocken, Pa. Templeton Foundation Press ©2008
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-120) and index
Being and becoming : a personal preface -- A process-relational world : an adventure that matters -- Imaginative generalization : the search for a comprehensive vision -- Minds, bodies, and experience : envisioning a unified self -- Experience all the way down : seeking an imaginative leap -- Reality as relational process : substance and process -- Reality as a causal web : a constructive postmodernism -- Unilateral power : power, value, and reality -- Relational power : so what? -- Creativity, freedom, and God : what makes freedom possible? -- Looking ahead : the future of process-relational thought -- Appendix. Getting technical : Whitehead's language
Process thought is the foundation for studies in many areas of contemporary philosophy, theology, political theory, educational theory, and the religion-science dialogue. It is derived from Alfred North Whitehead's philosophy, known as process theology, which lays a groundwork for integrating evolutionary biology, physics, philosophy of mind, theology, environmental ethics, religious pluralism, education, economics, and more. In Process-Relational Philosophy, C. Robert Mesle breaks down Whitehead's complex writings, providing a simple but accurate introduction to the vision that
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ISBN:1599472082
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