Science and the Modern World
Originally published in 1925, Alfred North Whitehead's Science and the Modern World was a groundbreaking work that redefined the concept of modern science. It is a work not only of the first importance but also of great beauty in which the author dramatically describes what had long engaged his meditations; namely, the rise, triumph, and impact of scientific materialism, according to which nature consists of nothing else but a flux of purely physical energy, while at the same time criticizing this materialism as mistaking an abstract system of mathematical physics for the concrete reality of nature.Whitehead's mind was at home with such abstr…
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- ISBN: 978-1-62138-686-5
- EAN: 9781621386865
- Produktnummer: 35753395
- Verlag: Angelico Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D2.2 cm 575 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 575
Über den Autor
An English mathematician and philosopher, Alfred North Whitehead provided the foundation for the school of thought known as process philosophy. With an academic career that spanned from Cambridge to Harvard, Whitehead wrote extensively on mathematics, metaphysis, and philosophy. He died in Massachusetts in 1947.
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