Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Reading Whitehead -- 2 Whitehead's Radical Empiricism -- 3 The Logic in Metaphysics -- 4 The Quantum of Explanation -- 5 Extensive Connectedness (The Metaphysics in Logic) -- 6 The Princi…
The Quantum of Explanation" advances a bold new theory of how explanation ought to be understood in philosophical and cosmological inquiries. Using a complete interpretation of Alfred North Whitehead's philosophical and mathematical writings and an interpretive structure that is…
"The Quantum of Explanation advances a bold new theory of how explanation ought to be understood in philosophical and cosmological inquiries. Using a complete interpretation of Alfred North Whitehead's philosophical and mathematical writings and an interpretive structure that is…
"The Quantum of Explanation advances a bold new theory of how explanation ought to be understood in philosophical and cosmological inquiries. Using a complete interpretation of Alfred North Whitehead's philosophical and mathematical writings and an interpretive structure that is…
From the bedtime story by L. Frank Baum to the classic 1939 film, no story has captured the imaginations of generations of children ? and adults ? like The Wizard of Oz. The story of Dorothy's journey through Oz, the colorful characters, places, songs, and dialogue have permeate…
"Essays explore philosophical themes in the Wizard of Oz saga, comprising the books by L. Frank Baum, the 1939 film, the novel Wicked, and related films and plays"--Provided by publisher
Sir Michael Dummett has, for over half a century, been among the most respected and provocative philosophical voices in the world. His groundbreaking and controversial work in epistemology, ontology, the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mathematics, logic, and the philo…