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57335ac6d058e614000b58d2 | What did Whitehead state are the two types of perception? | causal efficacy (or "physical prehension") and presentational immediacy (or "conceptual prehension") | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nSince Whitehead's metaphysics described a universe in which all entities experience, he needed a new way of describing perception that was not limited to living, self-conscious beings. The term he coined was \"prehension\", which comes from the Latin prehensio, meaning \"to seize.\" The t... |
5730a11b2461fd1900a9cf11 | What is the term for the experience dominating primitive organisms that have a sense for fate? | causal efficacy | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead describes causal efficacy as \"the experience dominating the primitive living organisms, which have a sense for the fate from which they have emerged, and the fate towards which they go.\" It is, in other words, the sense of causal relations between entities, a feeling of being ... |
5730a11b2461fd1900a9cf12 | What is the other term for "pure sense perception"? | Presentational immediacy | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead describes causal efficacy as \"the experience dominating the primitive living organisms, which have a sense for the fate from which they have emerged, and the fate towards which they go.\" It is, in other words, the sense of causal relations between entities, a feeling of being ... |
5730a11b2461fd1900a9cf13 | What is it called if you mistake a reflection in a mirror for the real thing? | Presentational immediacy | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead describes causal efficacy as \"the experience dominating the primitive living organisms, which have a sense for the fate from which they have emerged, and the fate towards which they go.\" It is, in other words, the sense of causal relations between entities, a feeling of being ... |
57335d8dd058e614000b591f | How does Whitehead define causal efficacy? | "the experience dominating the primitive living organisms, which have a sense for the fate from which they have emerged, and the fate towards which they go." | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead describes causal efficacy as \"the experience dominating the primitive living organisms, which have a sense for the fate from which they have emerged, and the fate towards which they go.\" It is, in other words, the sense of causal relations between entities, a feeling of being ... |
57335d8dd058e614000b5920 | How do the senses affect causal efficacy? | unmediated by the senses | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead describes causal efficacy as \"the experience dominating the primitive living organisms, which have a sense for the fate from which they have emerged, and the fate towards which they go.\" It is, in other words, the sense of causal relations between entities, a feeling of being ... |
57335d8dd058e614000b5921 | How does Whitehead define presentational immediacy? | "pure sense perception", unmediated by any causal or symbolic interpretation, even unconscious interpretation | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead describes causal efficacy as \"the experience dominating the primitive living organisms, which have a sense for the fate from which they have emerged, and the fate towards which they go.\" It is, in other words, the sense of causal relations between entities, a feeling of being ... |
57335d8dd058e614000b5922 | What can be said about the accuracy of presentational immediacy? | it is pure appearance, which may or may not be delusive | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead describes causal efficacy as \"the experience dominating the primitive living organisms, which have a sense for the fate from which they have emerged, and the fate towards which they go.\" It is, in other words, the sense of causal relations between entities, a feeling of being ... |
5730a33f8ab72b1400f9c628 | What is Whitehead's term for the two modes of perceptions combining? | symbolic reference | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIn higher organisms (like people), these two modes of perception combine into what Whitehead terms \"symbolic reference\", which links appearance with causation in a process that is so automatic that both people and animals have difficulty refraining from it. By way of illustration, White... |
5730a33f8ab72b1400f9c629 | What does symbolic reference link appearance with? | causation | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIn higher organisms (like people), these two modes of perception combine into what Whitehead terms \"symbolic reference\", which links appearance with causation in a process that is so automatic that both people and animals have difficulty refraining from it. By way of illustration, White... |
5730a33f8ab72b1400f9c62a | What dominates more basic mentality in symbolic reference? | causal relationships | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIn higher organisms (like people), these two modes of perception combine into what Whitehead terms \"symbolic reference\", which links appearance with causation in a process that is so automatic that both people and animals have difficulty refraining from it. By way of illustration, White... |
5730a33f8ab72b1400f9c62b | What does having sense perceptions conclude about a person? | higher grade mentality | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIn higher organisms (like people), these two modes of perception combine into what Whitehead terms \"symbolic reference\", which links appearance with causation in a process that is so automatic that both people and animals have difficulty refraining from it. By way of illustration, White... |
57335f23d058e614000b595c | What is the purpose of symbolic reference? | links appearance with causation in a process that is so automatic that both people and animals have difficulty refraining from it | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIn higher organisms (like people), these two modes of perception combine into what Whitehead terms \"symbolic reference\", which links appearance with causation in a process that is so automatic that both people and animals have difficulty refraining from it. By way of illustration, White... |
57335f23d058e614000b595d | How does Whitehead describe the process of a typical person noticing a chair? | An ordinary person looks up, sees a colored shape, and immediately infers that it is a chair | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIn higher organisms (like people), these two modes of perception combine into what Whitehead terms \"symbolic reference\", which links appearance with causation in a process that is so automatic that both people and animals have difficulty refraining from it. By way of illustration, White... |
57335f23d058e614000b595e | How might an artist view a chair differently than a typical person? | "might have stopped at the mere contemplation of a beautiful color and a beautiful shape." | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIn higher organisms (like people), these two modes of perception combine into what Whitehead terms \"symbolic reference\", which links appearance with causation in a process that is so automatic that both people and animals have difficulty refraining from it. By way of illustration, White... |
57335f23d058e614000b595f | How does Whitehead say a dog may interpret the presence of a chair? | "would have acted immediately on the hypothesis of a chair and would have jumped onto it by way of using it as such." | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIn higher organisms (like people), these two modes of perception combine into what Whitehead terms \"symbolic reference\", which links appearance with causation in a process that is so automatic that both people and animals have difficulty refraining from it. By way of illustration, White... |
57335f23d058e614000b5960 | Which concept does Whitehead state is more dominant in a lower mentality? | causal relationships | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIn higher organisms (like people), these two modes of perception combine into what Whitehead terms \"symbolic reference\", which links appearance with causation in a process that is so automatic that both people and animals have difficulty refraining from it. By way of illustration, White... |
5730a3b12461fd1900a9cf1f | Whitehead observes that life is deficient in what? | survival value | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead makes the startling observation that \"life is comparatively deficient in survival value.\" If humans can only exist for about a hundred years, and rocks for eight hundred million, then one is forced to ask why complex organisms ever evolved in the first place; as Whitehead humo... |
5730a3b12461fd1900a9cf20 | What are higher life forms actively engaged in? | modifying their environment | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead makes the startling observation that \"life is comparatively deficient in survival value.\" If humans can only exist for about a hundred years, and rocks for eight hundred million, then one is forced to ask why complex organisms ever evolved in the first place; as Whitehead humo... |
5730a3b12461fd1900a9cf21 | How many goals of living is there? | three | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead makes the startling observation that \"life is comparatively deficient in survival value.\" If humans can only exist for about a hundred years, and rocks for eight hundred million, then one is forced to ask why complex organisms ever evolved in the first place; as Whitehead humo... |
5730a3b12461fd1900a9cf22 | Whitehead sees life as directed towards what purpose? | increasing its own satisfaction | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead makes the startling observation that \"life is comparatively deficient in survival value.\" If humans can only exist for about a hundred years, and rocks for eight hundred million, then one is forced to ask why complex organisms ever evolved in the first place; as Whitehead humo... |
5730a3b12461fd1900a9cf23 | Without Whitehead's proposed purpose, life would be what? | unintelligible | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead makes the startling observation that \"life is comparatively deficient in survival value.\" If humans can only exist for about a hundred years, and rocks for eight hundred million, then one is forced to ask why complex organisms ever evolved in the first place; as Whitehead humo... |
573360a4d058e614000b5987 | What observation did Whitehead make about life? | "life is comparatively deficient in survival value." | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead makes the startling observation that \"life is comparatively deficient in survival value.\" If humans can only exist for about a hundred years, and rocks for eight hundred million, then one is forced to ask why complex organisms ever evolved in the first place; as Whitehead humo... |
573360a4d058e614000b5988 | What was Whitehead's response to questions about why complex life evolved? | "they certainly did not appear because they were better at that game than the rocks around them." | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead makes the startling observation that \"life is comparatively deficient in survival value.\" If humans can only exist for about a hundred years, and rocks for eight hundred million, then one is forced to ask why complex organisms ever evolved in the first place; as Whitehead humo... |
573360a4d058e614000b5989 | What did Whitehead state was the biggest indicator of a higher form of life? | they are actively engaged in modifying their environment | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead makes the startling observation that \"life is comparatively deficient in survival value.\" If humans can only exist for about a hundred years, and rocks for eight hundred million, then one is forced to ask why complex organisms ever evolved in the first place; as Whitehead humo... |
573360a4d058e614000b598a | What did Whitehead believe are the goals f life? | living, living well, and living better | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead makes the startling observation that \"life is comparatively deficient in survival value.\" If humans can only exist for about a hundred years, and rocks for eight hundred million, then one is forced to ask why complex organisms ever evolved in the first place; as Whitehead humo... |
573360a4d058e614000b598b | What did Whitehead believe was the fundamental purpose of life? | increasing its own satisfaction | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead makes the startling observation that \"life is comparatively deficient in survival value.\" If humans can only exist for about a hundred years, and rocks for eight hundred million, then one is forced to ask why complex organisms ever evolved in the first place; as Whitehead humo... |
573361a8d058e614000b599e | What is Whitehead's most well-known critical statement regarding the Christian notion of God? | "the Church gave unto God the attributes which belonged exclusively to Caesar." | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead's idea of God differs from traditional monotheistic notions. Perhaps his most famous and pointed criticism of the Christian conception of God is that \"the Church gave unto God the attributes which belonged exclusively to Caesar.\" Here Whitehead is criticizing Christianity for ... |
573361a8d058e614000b599f | What qualities dis Whitehead state that Christians attributed to their version of God? | primarily a divine king who imposes his will on the world, and whose most important attribute is power | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead's idea of God differs from traditional monotheistic notions. Perhaps his most famous and pointed criticism of the Christian conception of God is that \"the Church gave unto God the attributes which belonged exclusively to Caesar.\" Here Whitehead is criticizing Christianity for ... |
573361a8d058e614000b59a0 | What was Whitehead's description of God? | "the brief Galilean vision of humility" | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead's idea of God differs from traditional monotheistic notions. Perhaps his most famous and pointed criticism of the Christian conception of God is that \"the Church gave unto God the attributes which belonged exclusively to Caesar.\" Here Whitehead is criticizing Christianity for ... |
573363194776f41900660987 | What was Whitehead's belief about God in relation to religion? | God is not necessarily tied to religion | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIt should be emphasized, however, that for Whitehead God is not necessarily tied to religion. Rather than springing primarily from religious faith, Whitehead saw God as necessary for his metaphysical system. His system required that an order exist among possibilities, an order that allowe... |
573363194776f41900660988 | Why did Whitehead view the existence of God as a necessity for his metaphysical system? | His system required that an order exist among possibilities, an order that allowed for novelty in the world and provided an aim to all entities. | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIt should be emphasized, however, that for Whitehead God is not necessarily tied to religion. Rather than springing primarily from religious faith, Whitehead saw God as necessary for his metaphysical system. His system required that an order exist among possibilities, an order that allowe... |
573363194776f41900660989 | In what did Whitehead believe that those concepts existed? | primordial nature of God | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIt should be emphasized, however, that for Whitehead God is not necessarily tied to religion. Rather than springing primarily from religious faith, Whitehead saw God as necessary for his metaphysical system. His system required that an order exist among possibilities, an order that allowe... |
573363194776f4190066098a | What did Whitehead view as the second nature of God? | the consequent nature | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIt should be emphasized, however, that for Whitehead God is not necessarily tied to religion. Rather than springing primarily from religious faith, Whitehead saw God as necessary for his metaphysical system. His system required that an order exist among possibilities, an order that allowe... |
573363194776f4190066098b | What type of God did Whitehead believe existed? | dipolar | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIt should be emphasized, however, that for Whitehead God is not necessarily tied to religion. Rather than springing primarily from religious faith, Whitehead saw God as necessary for his metaphysical system. His system required that an order exist among possibilities, an order that allowe... |
573364444776f4190066099f | How does Whitehead define he consequent nature of God? | God's reception of the world's activity | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nGod's consequent nature, on the other hand, is anything but unchanging – it is God's reception of the world's activity. As Whitehead puts it, \"[God] saves the world as it passes into the immediacy of his own life. It is the judgment of a tenderness which loses nothing that can be saved.\... |
573364444776f419006609a0 | How does Whitehead describe the judgment of God? | It is the judgment of a tenderness which loses nothing that can be saved. | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nGod's consequent nature, on the other hand, is anything but unchanging – it is God's reception of the world's activity. As Whitehead puts it, \"[God] saves the world as it passes into the immediacy of his own life. It is the judgment of a tenderness which loses nothing that can be saved.\... |
573364444776f419006609a1 | What does Whitehead say that God does with all experiences? | God saves and cherishes all experiences forever | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nGod's consequent nature, on the other hand, is anything but unchanging – it is God's reception of the world's activity. As Whitehead puts it, \"[God] saves the world as it passes into the immediacy of his own life. It is the judgment of a tenderness which loses nothing that can be saved.\... |
573364444776f419006609a2 | What effect does Whitehead claim that experiences have on God? | those experiences go on to change the way God interacts with the world | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nGod's consequent nature, on the other hand, is anything but unchanging – it is God's reception of the world's activity. As Whitehead puts it, \"[God] saves the world as it passes into the immediacy of his own life. It is the judgment of a tenderness which loses nothing that can be saved.\... |
573364444776f419006609a3 | What conclusion does Whitehead draw about God's treatment of humans' experiences? | God is really changed by what happens in the world and the wider universe, lending the actions of finite creatures an eternal significance. | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nGod's consequent nature, on the other hand, is anything but unchanging – it is God's reception of the world's activity. As Whitehead puts it, \"[God] saves the world as it passes into the immediacy of his own life. It is the judgment of a tenderness which loses nothing that can be saved.\... |
573366074776f419006609e3 | How does Whitehead view the relationship between God an the world? | Whitehead thus sees God and the world as fulfilling one another | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead thus sees God and the world as fulfilling one another. He sees entities in the world as fluent and changing things that yearn for a permanence which only God can provide by taking them into God's self, thereafter changing God and affecting the rest of the universe throughout tim... |
573366074776f419006609e4 | How does he define entities' need for God? | He sees entities in the world as fluent and changing things that yearn for a permanence which only God can provide | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead thus sees God and the world as fulfilling one another. He sees entities in the world as fluent and changing things that yearn for a permanence which only God can provide by taking them into God's self, thereafter changing God and affecting the rest of the universe throughout tim... |
573366074776f419006609e5 | How dis Whitehead believe God provided permanence to entities? | by taking them into God's self, thereafter changing God and affecting the rest of the universe throughout time | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead thus sees God and the world as fulfilling one another. He sees entities in the world as fluent and changing things that yearn for a permanence which only God can provide by taking them into God's self, thereafter changing God and affecting the rest of the universe throughout tim... |
573366074776f419006609e6 | In what way did Whitehead view God as deficient? | deficient in actuality and change | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead thus sees God and the world as fulfilling one another. He sees entities in the world as fluent and changing things that yearn for a permanence which only God can provide by taking them into God's self, thereafter changing God and affecting the rest of the universe throughout tim... |
573366074776f419006609e7 | What did Whitehead claim God would be without the world? | merely eternally unrealized possibilities | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead thus sees God and the world as fulfilling one another. He sees entities in the world as fluent and changing things that yearn for a permanence which only God can provide by taking them into God's self, thereafter changing God and affecting the rest of the universe throughout tim... |
573367034776f41900660a0b | What did Whitehead believe was the basis of religion? | individual | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nFor Whitehead the core of religion was individual. While he acknowledged that individuals cannot ever be fully separated from their society, he argued that life is an internal fact for its own sake before it is an external fact relating to others. His most famous remark on religion is tha... |
573367034776f41900660a0c | What is Whitehead's most famous statement on religion? | "religion is what the individual does with his own solitariness ... and if you are never solitary, you are never religious." | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nFor Whitehead the core of religion was individual. While he acknowledged that individuals cannot ever be fully separated from their society, he argued that life is an internal fact for its own sake before it is an external fact relating to others. His most famous remark on religion is tha... |
573367034776f41900660a0d | How did Whitehead define religion? | a system of general truths that transformed a person's character | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nFor Whitehead the core of religion was individual. While he acknowledged that individuals cannot ever be fully separated from their society, he argued that life is an internal fact for its own sake before it is an external fact relating to others. His most famous remark on religion is tha... |
573367034776f41900660a0e | How did Whitehead define "dangerous delusion" as it relates to religion? | while religion is often a good influence, it is not necessarily good | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nFor Whitehead the core of religion was individual. While he acknowledged that individuals cannot ever be fully separated from their society, he argued that life is an internal fact for its own sake before it is an external fact relating to others. His most famous remark on religion is tha... |
573368ba4776f41900660a49 | In what state did Whitehead believe religion began? | solitariness | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nHowever, while Whitehead saw religion as beginning in solitariness, he also saw religion as necessarily expanding beyond the individual. In keeping with his process metaphysics in which relations are primary, he wrote that religion necessitates the realization of \"the value of the object... |
573368ba4776f41900660a4a | What realization did Whitehead believe religion made necessary? | "the value of the objective world which is a community derivative from the interrelations of its component individuals." | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nHowever, while Whitehead saw religion as beginning in solitariness, he also saw religion as necessarily expanding beyond the individual. In keeping with his process metaphysics in which relations are primary, he wrote that religion necessitates the realization of \"the value of the object... |
573368ba4776f41900660a4b | What did Whitehead believe was necessary for an entity to have meaning and value? | meaning and value do not exist for the individual alone, but only in the context of the universal community | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nHowever, while Whitehead saw religion as beginning in solitariness, he also saw religion as necessarily expanding beyond the individual. In keeping with his process metaphysics in which relations are primary, he wrote that religion necessitates the realization of \"the value of the object... |
573368ba4776f41900660a4c | How does Whitehead describe religion as world-loyalty? | The spirit at once surrenders itself to this universal claim and appropriates it for itself | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nHowever, while Whitehead saw religion as beginning in solitariness, he also saw religion as necessarily expanding beyond the individual. In keeping with his process metaphysics in which relations are primary, he wrote that religion necessitates the realization of \"the value of the object... |
573368ba4776f41900660a4d | What did Whitehead believe was the relationship between the individual and social aspects of religion? | the individual and universal/social aspects of religion are mutually dependent | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nHowever, while Whitehead saw religion as beginning in solitariness, he also saw religion as necessarily expanding beyond the individual. In keeping with his process metaphysics in which relations are primary, he wrote that religion necessitates the realization of \"the value of the object... |
573369bd4776f41900660a6a | What was Whitehead's technical definition of religion? | "an ultimate craving to infuse into the insistent particularity of emotion that non-temporal generality which primarily belongs to conceptual thought alone." | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead also described religion more technically as \"an ultimate craving to infuse into the insistent particularity of emotion that non-temporal generality which primarily belongs to conceptual thought alone.\" In other words, religion takes deeply felt emotions and contextualizes them... |
573369bd4776f41900660a6b | What did Whitehead believe religion did with strong emotions? | religion takes deeply felt emotions and contextualizes them within a system of general truths about the world | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead also described religion more technically as \"an ultimate craving to infuse into the insistent particularity of emotion that non-temporal generality which primarily belongs to conceptual thought alone.\" In other words, religion takes deeply felt emotions and contextualizes them... |
573369bd4776f41900660a6c | What purpose did Whitehead believe religion served? | a kind of bridge between philosophy and the emotions and purposes of a particular society | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead also described religion more technically as \"an ultimate craving to infuse into the insistent particularity of emotion that non-temporal generality which primarily belongs to conceptual thought alone.\" In other words, religion takes deeply felt emotions and contextualizes them... |
573369bd4776f41900660a6d | What did Whitehead believe was the job of religion regarding philosophy? | It is the task of religion to make philosophy applicable to the everyday lives of ordinary people. | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nWhitehead also described religion more technically as \"an ultimate craving to infuse into the insistent particularity of emotion that non-temporal generality which primarily belongs to conceptual thought alone.\" In other words, religion takes deeply felt emotions and contextualizes them... |
57337336d058e614000b5b26 | According to Isabelle Stengers, what are unifying factors in diverse practices (like ecology and feminism) that have become interested in Whitehead's work? | practices that unite political struggle and spirituality with the sciences of education | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIsabelle Stengers wrote that \"Whiteheadians are recruited among both philosophers and theologians, and the palette has been enriched by practitioners from the most diverse horizons, from ecology to feminism, practices that unite political struggle and spirituality with the sciences of ed... |
57337336d058e614000b5b27 | In what areas of the world has interest in Whitehead's work spread in recent decades? | Europe and China | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIsabelle Stengers wrote that \"Whiteheadians are recruited among both philosophers and theologians, and the palette has been enriched by practitioners from the most diverse horizons, from ecology to feminism, practices that unite political struggle and spirituality with the sciences of ed... |
57337336d058e614000b5b28 | What other fields have shown more recent interest in Whitehead's work? | ecology, physics, biology, education, economics, and psychology | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIsabelle Stengers wrote that \"Whiteheadians are recruited among both philosophers and theologians, and the palette has been enriched by practitioners from the most diverse horizons, from ecology to feminism, practices that unite political struggle and spirituality with the sciences of ed... |
57337336d058e614000b5b29 | Who was one of the first theologians to try to interact with Whitehead's ideas? | William Temple | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIsabelle Stengers wrote that \"Whiteheadians are recruited among both philosophers and theologians, and the palette has been enriched by practitioners from the most diverse horizons, from ecology to feminism, practices that unite political struggle and spirituality with the sciences of ed... |
57337336d058e614000b5b2a | What was the basis for "Nature, Man and God"? | Temple's Gifford Lectures of 1932-1934 | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIsabelle Stengers wrote that \"Whiteheadians are recruited among both philosophers and theologians, and the palette has been enriched by practitioners from the most diverse horizons, from ecology to feminism, practices that unite political struggle and spirituality with the sciences of ed... |
57337479d058e614000b5b3f | Where were the first followers mainly found? | at the University of Chicago's Divinity School | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nEarly followers of Whitehead were found primarily at the University of Chicago's Divinity School, where Henry Nelson Wieman initiated an interest in Whitehead's work that would last for about thirty years. Professors such as Wieman, Charles Hartshorne, Bernard Loomer, Bernard Meland, and ... |
57337479d058e614000b5b40 | Who began the interest in Whitehead at Chicago's Divinity School? | Henry Nelson Wieman | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nEarly followers of Whitehead were found primarily at the University of Chicago's Divinity School, where Henry Nelson Wieman initiated an interest in Whitehead's work that would last for about thirty years. Professors such as Wieman, Charles Hartshorne, Bernard Loomer, Bernard Meland, and ... |
57337479d058e614000b5b41 | What professors established the importance of Whitehead's work? | Wieman, Charles Hartshorne, Bernard Loomer, Bernard Meland, and Daniel Day Williams | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nEarly followers of Whitehead were found primarily at the University of Chicago's Divinity School, where Henry Nelson Wieman initiated an interest in Whitehead's work that would last for about thirty years. Professors such as Wieman, Charles Hartshorne, Bernard Loomer, Bernard Meland, and ... |
57337479d058e614000b5b42 | Who id the most well-known Whitehead scholar? | John B. Cobb | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nEarly followers of Whitehead were found primarily at the University of Chicago's Divinity School, where Henry Nelson Wieman initiated an interest in Whitehead's work that would last for about thirty years. Professors such as Wieman, Charles Hartshorne, Bernard Loomer, Bernard Meland, and ... |
5733766ed058e614000b5b60 | Where is interest in Whitehead's work growing the fastest today? | China | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nBut while Claremont remains the most concentrated hub of Whiteheadian activity, the place where Whitehead's thought currently seems to be growing the most quickly is in China. In order to address the challenges of modernization and industrialization, China has begun to blend traditions of... |
5733766ed058e614000b5b61 | What challenges are China using Whitehead's ideas to help manage? | modernization and industrialization | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nBut while Claremont remains the most concentrated hub of Whiteheadian activity, the place where Whitehead's thought currently seems to be growing the most quickly is in China. In order to address the challenges of modernization and industrialization, China has begun to blend traditions of... |
5733766ed058e614000b5b62 | What types of traditions are China blending with Whitehead's "constructive post-modern" philosophy? | traditions of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nBut while Claremont remains the most concentrated hub of Whiteheadian activity, the place where Whitehead's thought currently seems to be growing the most quickly is in China. In order to address the challenges of modernization and industrialization, China has begun to blend traditions of... |
5733766ed058e614000b5b63 | What philosphers' writings are becoming required reading for graduate students in China? | John Cobb and David Ray Griffin | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nBut while Claremont remains the most concentrated hub of Whiteheadian activity, the place where Whitehead's thought currently seems to be growing the most quickly is in China. In order to address the challenges of modernization and industrialization, China has begun to blend traditions of... |
5733766ed058e614000b5b64 | Why does John Cobb believe China has become interested in process philosophy? | interdependence of humanity and nature, as well as his emphasis on an educational system that includes the teaching of values rather than simply bare facts | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nBut while Claremont remains the most concentrated hub of Whiteheadian activity, the place where Whitehead's thought currently seems to be growing the most quickly is in China. In order to address the challenges of modernization and industrialization, China has begun to blend traditions of... |
57337cc94776f41900660ba7 | Where are Whitehead's works primarily studied in English-speaking countries? | Claremont and a select number of liberal graduate-level theology and philosophy programs | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nOverall, however, Whitehead's influence is very difficult to characterize. In English-speaking countries, his primary works are little-studied outside of Claremont and a select number of liberal graduate-level theology and philosophy programs. Outside of these circles his influence is rel... |
57337cc94776f41900660ba8 | Where has interest outside of those areas mainly come from? | through the work of his students and admirers rather | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nOverall, however, Whitehead's influence is very difficult to characterize. In English-speaking countries, his primary works are little-studied outside of Claremont and a select number of liberal graduate-level theology and philosophy programs. Outside of these circles his influence is rel... |
57337cc94776f41900660ba9 | Who are two of Whitehead's students that have gone on to become renowned in the field of analytic philosophy? | Bertrand Russell, and he also taught and supervised the dissertation of Willard Van Orman Quine | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nOverall, however, Whitehead's influence is very difficult to characterize. In English-speaking countries, his primary works are little-studied outside of Claremont and a select number of liberal graduate-level theology and philosophy programs. Outside of these circles his influence is rel... |
57337cc94776f41900660baa | What did Gilles Deleuze say about Whitehead? | "he stands provisionally as the last great Anglo-American philosopher before Wittgenstein's disciples spread their misty confusion, sufficiency, and terror." | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nOverall, however, Whitehead's influence is very difficult to characterize. In English-speaking countries, his primary works are little-studied outside of Claremont and a select number of liberal graduate-level theology and philosophy programs. Outside of these circles his influence is rel... |
57337cc94776f41900660bab | What French sociologist and anthropologist stated that Whitehead was "the greatest philosopher of the 20th century"? | Bruno Latour | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nOverall, however, Whitehead's influence is very difficult to characterize. In English-speaking countries, his primary works are little-studied outside of Claremont and a select number of liberal graduate-level theology and philosophy programs. Outside of these circles his influence is rel... |
57337e8f4776f41900660bc8 | What is the general opinion of Whitehead in most philosophical schools? | Whitehead has not been recognized as particularly influential within the most dominant philosophical schools | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nDeleuze's and Latour's opinions, however, are minority ones, as Whitehead has not been recognized as particularly influential within the most dominant philosophical schools. It is impossible to say exactly why Whitehead's influence has not been more widespread, but it may be partly due to... |
57337e8f4776f41900660bc9 | what is an example of Whitehead's ideas being counter-intuitive? | his assertion that matter is an abstraction | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nDeleuze's and Latour's opinions, however, are minority ones, as Whitehead has not been recognized as particularly influential within the most dominant philosophical schools. It is impossible to say exactly why Whitehead's influence has not been more widespread, but it may be partly due to... |
57337e8f4776f41900660bca | What is a common opinion of metaphysics? | perception of metaphysics itself as passé | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nDeleuze's and Latour's opinions, however, are minority ones, as Whitehead has not been recognized as particularly influential within the most dominant philosophical schools. It is impossible to say exactly why Whitehead's influence has not been more widespread, but it may be partly due to... |
57337e8f4776f41900660bcb | Why do some people believe Whitehead's writings may have restricted his influence? | the sheer difficulty and density of his prose | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nDeleuze's and Latour's opinions, however, are minority ones, as Whitehead has not been recognized as particularly influential within the most dominant philosophical schools. It is impossible to say exactly why Whitehead's influence has not been more widespread, but it may be partly due to... |
5733801f4776f41900660c03 | In what field of study has Whitehead's work been most influential in the United States? | American progressive theology | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nHistorically Whitehead's work has been most influential in the field of American progressive theology. The most important early proponent of Whitehead's thought in a theological context was Charles Hartshorne, who spent a semester at Harvard as Whitehead's teaching assistant in 1925, and ... |
5733801f4776f41900660c04 | Who was the most important early supporter of Whitehead's work in the context of theology? | Charles Hartshorne | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nHistorically Whitehead's work has been most influential in the field of American progressive theology. The most important early proponent of Whitehead's thought in a theological context was Charles Hartshorne, who spent a semester at Harvard as Whitehead's teaching assistant in 1925, and ... |
5733801f4776f41900660c05 | What advancement of Whitehead's process philosophy is attributed to Charles Hartshorne? | developing Whitehead's process philosophy into a full-blown process theology | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nHistorically Whitehead's work has been most influential in the field of American progressive theology. The most important early proponent of Whitehead's thought in a theological context was Charles Hartshorne, who spent a semester at Harvard as Whitehead's teaching assistant in 1925, and ... |
5733801f4776f41900660c06 | Who are some other distinguished process theologians? | John B. Cobb, Jr., David Ray Griffin, Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki, C. Robert Mesle, Roland Faber, and Catherine Keller | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nHistorically Whitehead's work has been most influential in the field of American progressive theology. The most important early proponent of Whitehead's thought in a theological context was Charles Hartshorne, who spent a semester at Harvard as Whitehead's teaching assistant in 1925, and ... |
573384984776f41900660c71 | What aspect of God is usually emphasized in process theology? | God's relational nature | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nProcess theology typically stresses God's relational nature. Rather than seeing God as impassive or emotionless, process theologians view God as \"the fellow sufferer who understands\", and as the being who is supremely affected by temporal events. Hartshorne points out that people would ... |
573384984776f41900660c72 | How is God usually perceived by process theologians? | "the fellow sufferer who understands", and as the being who is supremely affected by temporal events | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nProcess theology typically stresses God's relational nature. Rather than seeing God as impassive or emotionless, process theologians view God as \"the fellow sufferer who understands\", and as the being who is supremely affected by temporal events. Hartshorne points out that people would ... |
573384984776f41900660c73 | Why did Hartshorne feel that God must be affected by people? | people would not praise a human ruler who was unaffected by either the joys or sorrows of his followers – so why would this be a praise-worthy quality in God? | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nProcess theology typically stresses God's relational nature. Rather than seeing God as impassive or emotionless, process theologians view God as \"the fellow sufferer who understands\", and as the being who is supremely affected by temporal events. Hartshorne points out that people would ... |
573384984776f41900660c74 | Why would God being substantially affected by the world be beneficial? | as the being who is most affected by the world, God is the being who can most appropriately respond to the world | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nProcess theology typically stresses God's relational nature. Rather than seeing God as impassive or emotionless, process theologians view God as \"the fellow sufferer who understands\", and as the being who is supremely affected by temporal events. Hartshorne points out that people would ... |
573384984776f41900660c75 | What type of process theology does C. Robert Mesle promote? | "process naturalism", i.e. a process theology without God. | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nProcess theology typically stresses God's relational nature. Rather than seeing God as impassive or emotionless, process theologians view God as \"the fellow sufferer who understands\", and as the being who is supremely affected by temporal events. Hartshorne points out that people would ... |
573386274776f41900660c91 | Why is there difficulty in defining process theology ? | process theologians are so diverse and transdisciplinary in their views and interests | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIn fact, process theology is difficult to define because process theologians are so diverse and transdisciplinary in their views and interests. John B. Cobb, Jr. is a process theologian who has also written books on biology and economics. Roland Faber and Catherine Keller integrate Whiteh... |
573386274776f41900660c92 | What subjects has John B. Cobb, Jr. written books on other than process theology? | biology and economics | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIn fact, process theology is difficult to define because process theologians are so diverse and transdisciplinary in their views and interests. John B. Cobb, Jr. is a process theologian who has also written books on biology and economics. Roland Faber and Catherine Keller integrate Whiteh... |
573386274776f41900660c93 | What theories do Roland Faber and Catherine Keller combine with Whitehead's ideas? | poststructuralist, postcolonialist, and feminist theory | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIn fact, process theology is difficult to define because process theologians are so diverse and transdisciplinary in their views and interests. John B. Cobb, Jr. is a process theologian who has also written books on biology and economics. Roland Faber and Catherine Keller integrate Whiteh... |
573386274776f41900660c94 | What was Charles Birch's profession besides theologian? | geneticist | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIn fact, process theology is difficult to define because process theologians are so diverse and transdisciplinary in their views and interests. John B. Cobb, Jr. is a process theologian who has also written books on biology and economics. Roland Faber and Catherine Keller integrate Whiteh... |
573386274776f41900660c95 | Who authored "Syntheism - Creating God in the Internet Age"? | Alexander Bard and Jan Söderqvist | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nIn fact, process theology is difficult to define because process theologians are so diverse and transdisciplinary in their views and interests. John B. Cobb, Jr. is a process theologian who has also written books on biology and economics. Roland Faber and Catherine Keller integrate Whiteh... |
57338802d058e614000b5cbb | What philosophy is closely related to process philosophy? | American pragmatism | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nOne philosophical school which has historically had a close relationship with process philosophy is American pragmatism. Whitehead himself thought highly of William James and John Dewey, and acknowledged his indebtedness to them in the preface to Process and Reality. Charles Hartshorne (a... |
57338802d058e614000b5cbc | What pragmatists did Whitehead acknowledge in the preface to "Process and Reality"? | William James and John Dewey | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nOne philosophical school which has historically had a close relationship with process philosophy is American pragmatism. Whitehead himself thought highly of William James and John Dewey, and acknowledged his indebtedness to them in the preface to Process and Reality. Charles Hartshorne (a... |
57338802d058e614000b5cbd | What founder of pragmatism's collected papers did Charles Hartshorne ans Paul Weiss edit? | Charles Sanders Peirce | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nOne philosophical school which has historically had a close relationship with process philosophy is American pragmatism. Whitehead himself thought highly of William James and John Dewey, and acknowledged his indebtedness to them in the preface to Process and Reality. Charles Hartshorne (a... |
57338802d058e614000b5cbe | What important neopragmatist was Harthorne's student? | Richard Rorty | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nOne philosophical school which has historically had a close relationship with process philosophy is American pragmatism. Whitehead himself thought highly of William James and John Dewey, and acknowledged his indebtedness to them in the preface to Process and Reality. Charles Hartshorne (a... |
57338802d058e614000b5cbf | Who is a philosopher that promotes process philosophy and pragmatism currently? | Nicholas Rescher | [
"Alfred_North_Whitehead\n\nOne philosophical school which has historically had a close relationship with process philosophy is American pragmatism. Whitehead himself thought highly of William James and John Dewey, and acknowledged his indebtedness to them in the preface to Process and Reality. Charles Hartshorne (a... |
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