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person1890s-1947

Alfred North Whitehead

Disciplines:
philosophy
mathematics

Summary

British philosopher and mathematician who co-wrote Principia Mathematica with Russell and later developed process philosophy — an alternative to materialist metaphysics.

Core Contribution

Principia Mathematica (with Russell): the attempt to found mathematics on logic. Process philosophy: reality consists of processes (occasions of experience), not substances — the universe is a creative advance into novelty. Philosophy of organism: every entity has a dimension of experience (not just humans). Adventures of Ideas: a philosophical history of civilization.

Notable Works & Achievements

Principia Mathematica

The Concept of Nature

Process and Reality

Adventures of Ideas

Historical Influences

Leibniz Hegel William James

Intellectual Lineage

British Idealism Mathematical Logic

Contemporaries & Peers

Bertrand Russell

Minds Influenced

Process Theology Philosophy of Science

Intellectual Posterity

Process Philosophy Process Theology

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