After Whitehead [[electronic resource] ] : Rescher on process metaphysics / / Michel Weber (ed.)

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452859203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Frankfurt, : Ontos Verlag, 2004
• ISBN: 3-11-032818-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (339 p.)
• Collana: Process Thought ; ; 1; Process thought ; ; v. 1
• Altri autori (Persone): WeberMichel <1963->
• Disciplina: 146.7
• Soggetti: Process philosophy; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS OF N. RESCHER RELEVANT WORKS -- PREFACE / Gochet, Paul -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION PROCESS METAPHYSICS IN CONTEXT / Weber, Michel -- I. HISTORY OF PROCESS-PHILOSOPHY PROBLEMS OF METHOD AND DOCTRINE / Hampe, Michael -- II. THE TAMING OF CHANGE / Decock, Lieven -- III. PROCESS AND PARTICULARS / Seibt, Johanna -- IV. PROCESS AND UNIVERSALS / Shields, George W. -- V. Rescher's Philosophy of Nature / Gunter, Pete A. Y. -- VI. REFLECTIONS ON PROCESS AND PERSONS / Atmanspacher, Harald / Martin, Jack -- VII. PROCESS LOGIC AND EPISTEMOLOGY / Riche, Jacques -- VIII. SCIENCE: PROCESS AND HISTORY / Andersen, Hanne -- IX. PROCESS THEOLOGY / Cobb, John B. -- X. PROCESS PHILOSOPHY: VIA IDEARUM OR VIA NEGATIVA? / Weekes, Anderson -- XI. (APPENDIX) PROCESS SEMANTICS / Poli, Roberto -- REPLIES / Rescher, Nicholas -- GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX NOMINUM -- ANALYTIC TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Sommario/riassunto: When Reschers Process Metaphysics (1996) was published, it was widely acclaimed as a major step towards the academic recognition of a mode of thought that has otherwise been confined within sharp scholarly boundaries. Of course it is not an easy book: despite its stylistic clarity, it remains the complex outcome of a lifes work in most areas of philosophy. The goal of the present volume is to systematically ; unfold the vices and virtues of Process Metaphysics, and thereby to specify the contemporary state of affairs in process thought. To do so, the editor has gathered one focused contribution