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Intensity : an essay in Whiteheadian ontology / Judith A. Jones.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Vanderbilt library of American philosophyPublication details: Nashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press, 1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 247 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 082651300X (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 111/.092 21
LOC classification:
  • BD311 .J66 1997
Contents:
Ch. 1. Intensity of Satisfaction -- Ch. 2. Intensity and the Categoreal Obligations -- Ch. 3. The Ontology of Intensity -- Ch. 4. Intensity and Intellectual Experience -- Ch. 5. An Essay on the Morality of Attention -- Epilogue on Atomistic Metaphysics.
Summary: This book on the work of Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) explores how his avowed atomism is consistent with his equally essential commitment to a view of reality as a thoroughly interconnected sphere of relations. Judith Jones challenges Whitehead's readers to reconsider certain prevailing interpretations of his organic philosophy. To Jones, a rereading of Whitehead's overall philosophic project is essential to evaluating his contributions to metaphysics and ontology.Since Whitehead's basic world-view is holistic, a return to viewing his work as a whole helps clarify his ontological intentions and contributions to metaphysics. A central aim of this book is to develop an aesthetically sensitive sense of being that demonstrates the profound and original contributions of process philosophy to realism.The result is a book that should be enthusiastically greeted and debated by scholars of Whitehead and by all who are interested in the field of process thought, including students of theology, literature, and feminist studies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Intensity of Satisfaction -- Ch. 2. Intensity and the Categoreal Obligations -- Ch. 3. The Ontology of Intensity -- Ch. 4. Intensity and Intellectual Experience -- Ch. 5. An Essay on the Morality of Attention -- Epilogue on Atomistic Metaphysics.

This book on the work of Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) explores how his avowed atomism is consistent with his equally essential commitment to a view of reality as a thoroughly interconnected sphere of relations. Judith Jones challenges Whitehead's readers to reconsider certain prevailing interpretations of his organic philosophy. To Jones, a rereading of Whitehead's overall philosophic project is essential to evaluating his contributions to metaphysics and ontology.

Since Whitehead's basic world-view is holistic, a return to viewing his work as a whole helps clarify his ontological intentions and contributions to metaphysics. A central aim of this book is to develop an aesthetically sensitive sense of being that demonstrates the profound and original contributions of process philosophy to realism.

The result is a book that should be enthusiastically greeted and debated by scholars of Whitehead and by all who are interested in the field of process thought, including students of theology, literature, and feminist studies.

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