Alfred North Whitehead

Science and the Modern World

Philosophy of science and the origins of modern scientific worldview

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Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead

British mathematician and philosopher who co-wrote Principia Mathematica with Russell and later developed process philosophy—the view that reality is constituted by events rather than substances. Process and Reality is his major metaphysical work. He taught at Harvard in his 70s and founded process theology.

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