The Event Universe The Revisionary Metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead

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Synopsis

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.

Book details

Series:: Crosscurrents
Author:: Leemon B. McHenry
ISBN:: 9781474404785
Related ISBNs:: 9781474400343
Publisher:: Edinburgh University Press
Pages:: N/A
Reading age:: Not specified
Includes images:: No
Date of addition:: 2018-09-19
Usage restrictions:: Copyright
Copyright by:: Edinburgh University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Categories:: Nonfiction, Philosophy