Whitehead and Process Philosophy

schopenhauer1 June 27, 2016 at 04:46 3175 views 4 comments

Can anyone explain what creativity (or novelty) is in Whitehead's philosophy? Where did this come from, and how does it explain how change is possible in Whitehead's philosophy? Does change just happen as the grounding of everything? It seems like fiat that things can combine into novel occasions. Where does time fit into Whitehead's philosophy? What are the differences between "corpuscular societies of occasions" and "compound individuals" in term of their experiential qualities?

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anonymous66 June 30, 2016 at 12:16 #13678 0 likes

I'm also interested in Whitehead and his philosophy, but all I've done so far is read a couple of opinions about him and his work, so I can't answer your questions.

schopenhauer1 June 30, 2016 at 15:11 #13698 0 likes

Quoting anonymous66

I'm also interested in Whitehead and his philosophy, but all I've done so far is read a couple of opinions about him and his work, so I can't answer your questions.

Fair enough, it is a very obtuse philosophy. The basics are relatively easy, but I have some questions that cannot be answered without more technical knowledge. For example, what justifies "creativity" to be (what I think to be) an axiom of this theory.

_db July 02, 2016 at 18:39 #13742 0 likes

You might try this question over at the older PF.

schopenhauer1 July 02, 2016 at 22:11 #13744 0 likes

Quoting darthbarracuda

You might try this question over at the older PF.

Good point, I'm sure apokrisis will want to field that one.