The Event Universe : The Revisionary Metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1474400345
ISBN-13
9781474400343
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
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Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 1st, 2015
Print length
184 Pages
Weight
420 grams
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16.40 x 24.20 x 1.50 cms
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Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology
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What kinds of things are events? Philosophers following Aristotle have claimed that events are dependent on substances such as physical objects and persons. The author argues that Whitehead's metaphysics provides a more adequate basis for achieving a unification of physical theory than a traditional substance metaphysics.
Leemon McHenry argues that Whitehead''s metaphysics provides a better basis for achieving a unification of physical theory than a traditional substance metaphysics. He investigates the influence of Maxwell''s electromagnetic field, Einstein''s theory of relativity and quantum mechanics on the development of the ontology of events and compares Whitehead''s theory to his contemporaries, C. D. Broad and Bertrand Russell, as well as W. V. Quine. In this way, McHenry defends the naturalised and speculative approach to metaphysics as opposed to analytical and linguistic methods that arose in the 20th century.
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