Whitehead's Philosophy - Points of Connection

This volume explores the range of Alfred North Whitehead's philosophy and his relevance to contemporary philosophical traditions. While philosophers and theologians with only a passing acquaintance with Whitehead might think that his philosophy is unconnected to our Western philosophical tradition, the contributors prove that nothing could be further from the truth. The most respected scholars in the field--George Allan, Lisa Bellantoni, John B. Cobb Jr., Frederick Ferre, David L. Hall, William S. Hamrick, Robert Cummings Neville, Janusz A. Polanowski, Patrick Shade, and Donald W. Sherburne--illustrate points of connection between Whitehead's ideas to the following: Descartes, the so-called "Father of Modern Philosophy"; classical American though; several contemporary American thinkers, including Richard Rorty and Alasdair MacInytre; aspects of European philosophy; and current reflections upon the environment and technology.

About the author

Janusz A. Polanowski teaches philosophy at Nashville State Technological Institute. Donald W. Sherburne is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of A Whiteheadian Aesthetic: Some Implications of Whitehead's Metaphysical Speculation and the editor of A Key to Whitehead's Process and Reality.

Product details

• Authors: Donald W. Sherburne
• Assisted by: Janusz A Polanowski (Editor), Janusz A. Polanowski (Editor), Donald W Sherburne (Editor), Donald W. Sherburne (Editor)
• Publisher: State University Of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2004
• EAN: 9780791461372
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-6137-2
• No. of pages: 220
• Weight: 462 g
• Series: Suny Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought; Suny Constructive Postmodern T
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > 20th and 21st centuries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day