Science and the Modern World

Alfred North Whitehead

• Éditeur: Open Road Media
• Année: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781504066105
• Sujet: Philosophy
• Sous-sujet: Philosophy & Ethics in Science

The famed mathematician and philosopher takes readers on a journey into a new scientific age, exploring topics from relativity to religion. Alfred North Whitehead, one of the great figures in the philosophy of science, wrote this prescient work nearly a century ago. Yet, in an era that has us reckoning with science and technology's place and meaning in our lives, it remains as relevant as ever. Science and the Modern World puts scientific discovery into historical and cultural context—exploring the effects of science and people on each other. "It is a work not only of the first importance but also of great beauty.... Vivid writing." — Nature

Index

The numbers refer to pages; and ‘e.s.’ stands for ‘et seq.‘, where the reference is to the succeeding pages of the chapter in question.

Abruptness (in Ingression), 171

Absolute, The, 92

Abstract, 159

Abstraction, 167, e.s.

Abstraction (in Mathematics), 19, e.s.

Abstractive Hierarchy, 167, e.s.

Acceleration, 47

Actualisation, 159

Adam Smith, 200

Aeschylus, 10

Alexander, S., Preface.

Algebra, 29, 30

Alva, 2

Ampère, 98

Analytical Character (Eternal Objects), 163

Anselm, St., 57

‘Any,’ 164

Aquinas, Thomas, 9, 147

Arabic Arithmetical Notation, 29

Archimedes, 5, 6, 7

Arguments (of functions), 30

Aristotle, 5, e.s.; 28, 29, 45, e.s.; 127, 133, 169, e.s.

Arnold, Matthew, 82

Art, 199, 200

Art, Medieval, 13, e.s.

Aspect, 78, 103, e.s.

Associated Hierarchy, 170

Aston, F. W., 186

Atom, 99, 102

Augustine, Saint, 190

Bacon, Francis, 8, 40, e.s.; 66, 96

Bacon, Roger, 5

Base of Abstractive Hierarchy, 168

Being, 162

Belisarius, 14

Benedict, Saint, 15

Bergson, 50

Berkeley, George, 66, e.s.; 75, 86, 143

Bichât, 100

Biology, 41, 63, 103

Bonaventure, Saint, 9

Boyle, Robert, ...