Science and the Modern World
The famed mathematician and philosopher takes readers on a journey into a new scientific age, exploring topics from relativity to religion. Alfred North Whitehead, one of the great figures in the philosophy of science, wrote this prescient work nearly a century ago. Yet, in an era that has us reckoning with science and technology's place and meaning in our lives, it remains as relevant as ever. Science and the Modern World puts scientific discovery into historical and cultural context-exploring the effects of science and people on each other. It is a work not only of the first importance but also of great beauty. . . . Vivid writing. -Nat…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5040-6610-5
- EAN: 9781504066105
- Produktnummer: 35531445
- Verlag: Open Road Media
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 212 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'195 KB
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Alfred North Whitehead, OM FRS (15 February 1861-30 December 1947) was a philosopher and mathematician. He is the founding father of the philosophical school of process philosophy. This school has found many areas of application to the disciplines of ecology, theology, education, physics, biology, economics, and psychology. His early work was in logic, and physics. The three-volume Principia Mathematica (1910-13), written with Bertrand Russell is considered to be one of the most important classical works in mathematical logic. Starting late in 1910 Whitehead developed an interest in philosophy of science, and metaphysics. Whitehead's main point of departure from western philosophy is that reality was fundamentally constructed by events rather than substances which means that both are intertwined in a web of reality. Whitehead argued that there is urgency in coming to see the world as a web of interrelated processes of which we are integral parts, so that all of our choices and actions have consequences for the world around us.
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