Project Gutenberg 2006-07-16 Public domain in the USA. 345 Whitehead, Alfred North 1861 1947 Whitehead, A. N. (Alfred North) The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 Produced by Janet Kegg, Laura Wisewell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Concept of Nature" by Alfred North Whitehead is a philosophical treatise written in the early 20th century. This work embodies a series of lectures that explore the philosophy of the sciences and the interrelations between various branches of knowledge, particularly focusing on the natural sciences. Whitehead aims to redefine and clarify the nature of scientific inquiry, challenging prevailing notions of matter and substance that have dominated scientific discourse. The opening of the work outlines the intentions behind the Tarner lectures at Trinity College, establishing a framework for discussing the philosophy of the sciences. Whitehead emphasizes the importance of understanding nature as both a complex of entities and a process that unfolds through time, advocating for a view that avoids dualistic interpretations of reality. He introduces key concepts such as sense-perception, thought, and the distinctions between homogeneous and heterogeneous thinking. Through these foundational ideas, he begins to navigate the challenging terrain of natural philosophy, seeking to unite various scientific perspectives under a cohesive understanding of nature itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Knowledge, Theory of Nature Science -- Philosophy Q Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Science - General 455297 455306 2024-09-08T09:23:03.341533 2023-09-08T11:16:49.081884 text/html text/html 448114 2006-07-16T07:35:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 130326 2006-07-16T07:59:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 187795 2024-09-08T09:23:11.133482 application/epub+zip 189550 2024-09-08T09:23:05.323467 application/epub+zip 189550 2024-09-08T09:23:04.175495 application/epub+zip 371896 2024-09-08T09:23:15.272471 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328243 2024-09-08T09:23:10.249444 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346396 2022-09-09T06:07:02.198964 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 384053 2024-09-08T09:23:02.180484 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 383426 2006-07-16T07:35:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 119941 2006-07-16T07:59:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 383897 2006-07-16T07:35:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 119717 2006-07-16T07:59:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 383902 2006-07-16T07:35:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119639 2006-07-16T07:59:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21827 2024-09-08T09:23:15.423423 application/rdf+xml 11566 2024-09-08T09:23:04.573478 image/jpeg 2996 2024-09-08T09:23:04.370512 image/jpeg 177561 2024-09-08T09:23:03.374489 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia