Key to Whitehead's "Process and Reality"
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (979 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0024097802 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sherburne has rearranged the text in a way designed to lead the student logically and coherently through the intricacies of the system without losing the vigor of Whitehead's often brilliant prose."The Key renders Process and Reality pedagogically accessible for the first time."—Journal of Religion. Whitehead's magnum opus is as important as it is difficult. It is the only work in which his metaphysical ideas are stated systematically and completely, and his metaphysics are the heart of his philosophical system as a whole
Sherburne is professor of philosophy at Vaderbilt University.. Donald W
"Must have for Process and Reality" according to Gary R. Bradski. I tried to wade though Whitehead's Process and Reality unarmed several times and was routed by hoards of "actual entities", "eternal objects" and other beasts. Finally, fortified by Sherburne, I made it. And you can too, but don't think the going is e. Marcolorenzo said Exceptional. Exceptionally clear editing (piecing together and reorganizing) of the original Whitehead text. Sherburne has pieced together many excerpts from different parts of the Whtiehead text in a very seamless way (indicating in the appendix where all the pie. Good Approach; Better to Have Different Background Dr. Debra Jan Bibel The editor of this excerpted and commented edition of Whitehead's Process and Reality observes that the philosophy is "extremely difficult" and its "opacity is monumental." This is an understatement. Indeed, the prose and concepts are so sophisticated
From the Back Cover A very manageable introduction to the central metaphysical principles expressed in Whitehead's own words.