This book, a development of his Tarner Lectures given in 1919, is one of Alfred North Whitehead's most important contributions to natural philosophy. His first concern is with the fundamental problems
A concise statement on the nature and meaning of mathematics for the general student, this volume by a prominent English philosopher and mathematician explains what math is about, what it does, and ho
The distinguished mathematician offers undergraduate students and other readers an absorbing exploration of the fundamental problems of substance, space, and time. The discussions are highlighted by a
In this reprint of the classic 1922 Cambridge University Press edition, Whitehead describes his alternate explanation of the theory of relativity, beginning with a philosophical rendering of his gener
Based on the Gifford Lectures which Whitehead delivered at the University of Edinburgh in 1927-8. Process and Reality presents a system of speculative philosophy which is based on a categorical scheme
The title of this book, Adventures of Ideas, bears two meanings, both applicable to the subject-matter. One meaning is the effect of certain ideas in promoting the slow drift of mankind towards civili
