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PublisherFree Press
ISBN-100029345707
ISBN-139780029345702
eBay Product ID (ePID)87172803
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Edition2
Book TitleProcess and Reality
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSocial, Sociology / General, Movements / Transcendentalism, Cosmology
Publication Year1979
FeaturesRevised
GenreScience, Social Science, Philosophy
AuthorAlfred North Whitehead
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight17.5 oz.
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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- 24 Jul, 2022
Original, profound, mind-blowing, important
The subject matter of this book by a mathematician, scientist, philosopher, is unusual, coming from a scientific background. It is really about the limitations of materialism. It is also about what is beyond material. Science itself, even modern quantum mechanics, might leave room for the subjective, for beauty, art, spirituality, but it never directly addresses any of those things, only indirectly through statistical analysis.This book deals with both sides of the boundary. The world itself, reality itself, isn't limited to what science says it is. In fact science only deals with what is measurable by human beings. It would be arrogant to the point of insanity to believe that this is the whole show. Reality is almost all beyond science, outside its scope even, let alone somehow contained by it. A so called theory of everything might be proposed. But even if it works as well as quantum mechanics, standing all experimental tests, it is still only a theory. Imagine a vast balance. Put reality on one pan, put science, quantum mechanics, relativity special and general, on the other. It would weigh literally nothing by comparison.Theory is one thing, reality is another. Theory is a construction of thought. Reality is not. Theory is finite, though it might contain a symbol ( ∞ ) to stand for it. And yet this book, though it was well received when it was published, has since been virtually ignored. Only recently has it been cited and understood and appreciated, by a few thinkers and philosophers and scientists and oddballs like myself.
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- 08 Mar, 2024
A mind expanding book
A superb book, obviously well cared for, in great condition, and arrived on time. Asfir the content, it would take a lifetime to weigh these ideas with any clarity and consistency, suffice it to say that life, consciousness, existence, etc are relational processes and not abstract entities frozen in philosophical definitions and the task of reading and understanding Whitehead's theories become more fruitfulVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
