Blogs about: Alfred North Whitehead
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Seek clarity of thought? Here's how
Are you struggling with a problem, but are unable to obtain clarity on a solution? Here’s an approach to get clarity that has worked for me: read a book with great clarity; that is, a book that … more →
Diverse Thoughts
The Emergence of the Universe
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Jeff Carreira wrote 1 week ago: In my last two posts I introduced Peirce’s phenomenology of thirdness. The American Pragmatists were … more →
LogiComix: or Logic for Cocktail Parties
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dgoldgaber wrote 1 month ago: Making higher order logic fun! You know their names: Wittgenstein, Turing, Cantor, Gödel and Russell … more →
Irving Penn-R.I.P.
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Jon Taplin wrote 2 months ago: Irving Penn was to me one of the great artists of our time. Like Richard Avedon, he portrayed both t … more →
maybe it's about time
prosthetics wrote 2 months ago: this december, the Whitehead Research Project will host a conference on judith butler. if butler an … more →
Remembering Philosopher William Alston
fleance7 wrote 3 months ago: Jeremy Pierce at Parableman records some of William Alston’s significant accomplishments in philosop … more →
Seek clarity of thought? Here's how
Roger Costello wrote 3 months ago: Are you struggling with a problem, but are unable to obtain clarity on a solution? Here’s an a … more →
body language
osopher wrote 3 months ago: To begin at the beginning: Rodin’s “Thinker” graces the cover of our Intro to Phil … more →
All truths are half-truths
Marco Cáceres wrote 3 months ago: There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths th … more →
Hump-Day History: Imperial College
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Will Thomas wrote 4 months ago: Dean Thomas Henry Huxley While much of the history of science necessarily focuses on centers of elit … more →
Inert Ideas
Robert wrote 6 months ago: In the history of education, the most striking phenomenon is that schools of learning, which at one … more →
Philosophy Word of the Day – Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)
fleance7 wrote 7 months ago: Image by brewbooks via Flickr Alfred North Whitehead was a notable mathematician, logician, educator … more →
The Atavism of Simple Religion
shaunphilly wrote 7 months ago: Note: Please view this article on my examiner page. I get paid that way. ‘Straight is the gate, and … more →
Angels and Demons is wrong: Reason, the University, and Modern Science was birthed in the Catholic Church
Jim Blazsik wrote 7 months ago: I don’t want Ron Howard, Tom Hanks and Dan Brown to feel bad or anything, but…they are wrong a … more →
Whitehead and the modern word
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Stan wrote 7 months ago: Here is an excerpt from a book I’m reading today, Alfred North Whitehead’s Science and the Modern Wo … more →
Blaming the Evils of the World on...
shaunphilly wrote 7 months ago: The imperfection of the world is the theme of every religion which offers a way of escape, and of ev … more →
Math, Philosophy, Comics and Bertrand Russell’s Search for Truth
fleance7 wrote 8 months ago: Publishers Weekly reports on an interesting new comic book centered on the life and work of philosop … more →
The New Atheists…think like Christians!
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Jim Blazsik wrote 8 months ago: I don’t want the New Atheists to feel bad, but…they think like Christians! Now I understand it … more →
How DO We Learn Math?
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Denise wrote 9 months ago: What makes it possible to learn advanced math fairly quickly is that the human brain is capable of l … more →
An Atheist Visionary
djeter wrote 9 months ago: Visionary wrote: Carl Sagan: “I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudosc … more →
