WHITEHEAD, ALFRED NORTH


Meaning of WHITEHEAD, ALFRED NORTH in English

(1861-1947) philosopher; professor at Trinity College,

Cambridge; London University; Harvard; Realist metaphysics ; wrote 1. Process and Reality, Science and the Modern World , and 2. Adventures in Ideas . He combines elements of Platonism , realism, panpsychism , and relativity physics. Originally, he was a realist ("I am in the world; the world is not in me." 1925). He became more idealistic ("I am in the world, and the world is in me." 1933). Reality is pictured as a network or process of interrelated events comprising mutually sensitive fields which "prehend" each other and form "minds." When actualized, events are structured by the "eternal objects" or forms of existence.

Theological and philosophical biography English dict.      Английский словарь богословской и философской биографии .