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"classical" concepts	What are the concepts quality, matter, and form considered?
change	Concepts such as quality, matter, and form fail to account for what?
quality", "matter", and "form"	What concepts overlook the experiential nature of basic elements?
society	What does Whitehead call experiences that are progressively connected?
continuum of overlapping events	Instead of being a single person, what does Whitehead view a person as?
discrete "occasions of experience" that overlap one another in time and space, and jointly make up the enduring person or thing	What did Whitehead believe were essentially the only things that truly exist?
"defining essence" or a "core identity"	Regarding the idea that individuals or objects don't fundamentally change, what terms can be used to describe what an object or individual actually is?
qualitative and secondary to their core identity	In that line of thinking, how are changes described?
defining essence	The idea that people are unchanging and stay the same even through changes is considered what?
occasions of experience	In Whitehead's cosmology, what are the only things that fundamentally exist?
time and space	Where do occasions of experience overlap?
all things flow"	Instead of having an enduring essence, what does Whitehead believe?
people define identities	In Whitehead's view, identities do not define people, but what?
it is easy and convenient to think of people and objects as remaining fundamentally the same things	Why did Whitehead think people continued to subscribe to materialistic thinking?
should not prevent people from realizing that "material substances" or "essences" are a convenient generalized description of a continuum	What did Whitehead believe regarding factors that limit people's understanding of his concepts?
limitations of language	What did Whitehead believe was one of the biggest reasons materialistic thinking endured?
it is not philosophically or ontologically sound	What did Whitehead state about the belief that a person is exactly the same from moment to moment?
limitations of language	Why couldn't each moment of each person's life be given a different proper name?
limitations of language	What did Whitehead believe was a culprit in maintaining a materialistic way of thinking?
each thing is a different thing from what it was a moment ago	Whitehead's main philosophy on humans changing is what?
Each object is simply an inert clump of matter that is only externally related to other things	What is the general materialistic view of an object?
The idea of matter as primary makes people think of objects as being fundamentally separate in time and space, and not necessarily related to anything	How the fundamental concept of matter influence people to view objects?
in Whitehead's view, relations take a primary role, perhaps even more important than the relata themselves	What is Whitehead's belief regarding the importance of relations?
It sees every object as distinct and discrete from all other objects.	What is the materialistic view of matter in relation to other objects?
it obscures the importance of relations	What is another issue that Whitehead had with materialism?
materialism	What obscures the importance of relations according to Whitehead?
distinct and discrete	What does Materialism see each object as?
externally	How is each object related to other things?
in some sense nothing more and nothing less than the sum of its relations to other entities – its synthesis of and reaction to the world around it	How does Whitehead characterize anything that exists?
A real thing is just that which forces the rest of the universe to in some way conform to it	How does he describe what makes something real?
if theoretically a thing made strictly no difference to any other entity (i.e. it was not related to any other entity), it could not be said to really exist	In Whitehead's thinking, what could be said about something that has no effect on any other person or object?
Relations are not secondary to what a thing is, they are what the thing is.	What did Whitehead believe about the concept of relations in the context of defining an entity?
nothing more and nothing less than the sum of its relations to other entities	Whitehead believes any entity is in some sense what?
not be said to really exist.	If an object made no difference to any other entity, what could be said about it?
they are what the thing is	If relations are not secondary to what a thing is, what is it?
rld around it	What makes up the sum of relations to an entity?
in some way conform to it	A real object forces the universe to do what?
Europe and China	In what areas of the world has interest in Whitehead's work spread in recent decades?
William Temple	Who was one of the first theologians to try to interact with Whitehead's ideas?
Temple's Gifford Lectures of 1932-1934	What was the basis for "Nature, Man and God"?
practices that unite political struggle and spirituality with the sciences of education	According to Isabelle Stengers, what are unifying factors in diverse practices (like ecology and feminism) that have become interested in Whitehead's work?
ecology, physics, biology, education, economics, and psychology	What other fields have shown more recent interest in Whitehead's work?
at the University of Chicago's Divinity School	Where were the first followers mainly found?
Henry Nelson Wieman	Who began the interest in Whitehead at Chicago's Divinity School?
John B. Cobb	Who id the most well-known Whitehead scholar?
Wieman, Charles Hartshorne, Bernard Loomer, Bernard Meland, and Daniel Day Williams	What professors established the importance of Whitehead's work?
China	Where is interest in Whitehead's work growing the fastest today?
modernization and industrialization	What challenges are China using Whitehead's ideas to help manage?
traditions of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism	What types of traditions are China blending with Whitehead's "constructive post-modern" philosophy?
John Cobb and David Ray Griffin	What philosphers' writings are becoming required reading for graduate students in China?
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	Why does John Cobb believe China has become interested in process philosophy?
his assertion that matter is an abstraction	what is an example of Whitehead's ideas being counter-intuitive?
the sheer difficulty and density of his prose	Why do some people believe Whitehead's writings may have restricted his influence?
perception of metaphysics itself as passé	What is a common opinion of metaphysics?
Whitehead has not been recognized as particularly influential within the most dominant philosophical schools	What is the general opinion of Whitehead in most philosophical schools?
American pragmatism	What philosophy is closely related to process philosophy?
William James and John Dewey	What pragmatists did Whitehead acknowledge in the preface to "Process and Reality"?
Nicholas Rescher	Who is a philosopher that promotes process philosophy and pragmatism currently?
Charles Sanders Peirce	What founder of pragmatism's collected papers did Charles Hartshorne ans Paul Weiss edit?
Richard Rorty	What important neopragmatist was Harthorne's student?
It has been severely criticized	How was Whitehead's theory of gravitation received?
Henry Stapp and David Bohm	What physicists in the field of quantum theory have been influenced by Whitehead?
Whitehead's view has now been rendered obsolete, with the discovery of gravitational waves	What affect did the discovery of gravitational waves have on Whitehead's theory?
phenonena observed locally that largely violate the kind of local flatness of space that Whitehead assumes	What are gravitational waves?
Whitehead's cosmology must be regarded as a local approximation	How must Whiteheads cosmology now be considered?
Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order	What award did Cobb and Daly receive for the book?
Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology	What was the first book on environmental ethics by an individual author?
For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future	On which economics book did Cobb collaborate with Herman Daly?
Sustaining the Common Good: A Christian Perspective on the Global Economy	What other economics book did Cobb go on to author?
to challenge "economists' zealous faith in the great god of growth."	What was the goal of Cobb's second book on economics?
Xie Bangxiu	Who established the FEELS model in China?
Flexible-goals, Engaged-learner, Embodied-knowledge, Learning-through-interactions, and Supportive-teacher	What does "FEELS" stand for?
It is used for understanding and evaluating educational curriculum under the assumption that the purpose of education is to "help a person become whole."	What is the purpose of the FEELS model?
Chinese government organizations and the Institute for the Postmodern Development of China	What entities are working together to promote the FEELS model?
Mark Dibben	What prominent business professor has been heavily influenced by Whitehead?
"applied process thought"	What does Dibben call his philosophy on management and business administration?
philosophy of management and business ethics	In what fields has Dibben published two books and other papers?
philosophy of business administration and organizational theory	What business fields has Whitehead influenced?
this allows "a comprehensive exploration of life as perpetually active experiencing, as opposed to occasional – and thoroughly passive – happening."	According to Dibben, what are the benefits of applying process metaphysics to examining management and business administration as a component of social science?
1910s	During which decade did Whitehead's focus start shifting away from mathematics?
philosophy of science, and finally to metaphysics	After moving away from mathematics, what subjects did Whitehead explore?
processes	As opposed to physical objects, what did Whitehead believe reality is composed of?
reality is fundamentally constructed by bits of matter that exist independently of one another	What was the predominant theory of reality that Whitehead opposed?
Process and Reality	What book of Whitehead's is now considered a primary source of process philosophy?
mathematics	What did Whitehead first study?
philosophy	What was Whitehead's second area of study?
metaphysics	What was Whitehead's final area of study?
metaphysical	What type of system did he develop?
processes	What did Whitehead argue reality consists of?
Ramsgate, Kent, England	Where was Alfred North Whitehead born?
1861	In what year was Whitehead born?
Thomas Whitehead, Alfred North's grandfather	Who founded Chatham House Academy?
minister and schoolmaster of Chatham House Academy	What was Whitehead's father's profession?
Maria Sarah Whitehead, formerly Maria Sarah Buckmaster	Who was Whitehead's mother?
Ramsgate, Kent, England	Where was Alfred North Whitehead born?
1861	What year was Whitehead born?
minister and schoolmaster	What was Whitehead's father's profession?
Maria Sarah Whitehead,	What was Whitehead's mother's name?
Evelyn	What was Whitehead's wife's name?
University of London system	In which educational system was Whitehead employed in the late 1910s?

"classical" concepts

What are the concepts quality, matter, and form considered?

change

Concepts such as quality, matter, and form fail to account for what?

quality", "matter", and "form"

What concepts overlook the experiential nature of basic elements?

society

What does Whitehead call experiences that are progressively connected?

continuum of overlapping events

Instead of being a single person, what does Whitehead view a person as?

discrete "occasions of experience" that overlap one another in time and space, and jointly make up the enduring person or thing

What did Whitehead believe were essentially the only things that truly exist?

"defining essence" or a "core identity"

Regarding the idea that individuals or objects don't fundamentally change, what terms can be used to describe what an object or individual actually is?

qualitative and secondary to their core identity

In that line of thinking, how are changes described?

defining essence

The idea that people are unchanging and stay the same even through changes is considered what?

occasions of experience

In Whitehead's cosmology, what are the only things that fundamentally exist?

time and space

Where do occasions of experience overlap?

all things flow"

Instead of having an enduring essence, what does Whitehead believe?

people define identities

In Whitehead's view, identities do not define people, but what?

it is easy and convenient to think of people and objects as remaining fundamentally the same things

Why did Whitehead think people continued to subscribe to materialistic thinking?

should not prevent people from realizing that "material substances" or "essences" are a convenient generalized description of a continuum

What did Whitehead believe regarding factors that limit people's understanding of his concepts?

limitations of language

What did Whitehead believe was one of the biggest reasons materialistic thinking endured?

it is not philosophically or ontologically sound

What did Whitehead state about the belief that a person is exactly the same from moment to moment?

limitations of language

Why couldn't each moment of each person's life be given a different proper name?

limitations of language

What did Whitehead believe was a culprit in maintaining a materialistic way of thinking?

each thing is a different thing from what it was a moment ago

Whitehead's main philosophy on humans changing is what?

Each object is simply an inert clump of matter that is only externally related to other things

What is the general materialistic view of an object?

The idea of matter as primary makes people think of objects as being fundamentally separate in time and space, and not necessarily related to anything

How the fundamental concept of matter influence people to view objects?

in Whitehead's view, relations take a primary role, perhaps even more important than the relata themselves

What is Whitehead's belief regarding the importance of relations?

It sees every object as distinct and discrete from all other objects.

What is the materialistic view of matter in relation to other objects?

it obscures the importance of relations

What is another issue that Whitehead had with materialism?

materialism

What obscures the importance of relations according to Whitehead?

distinct and discrete

What does Materialism see each object as?

externally

How is each object related to other things?

in some sense nothing more and nothing less than the sum of its relations to other entities – its synthesis of and reaction to the world around it

How does Whitehead characterize anything that exists?

A real thing is just that which forces the rest of the universe to in some way conform to it

How does he describe what makes something real?

if theoretically a thing made strictly no difference to any other entity (i.e. it was not related to any other entity), it could not be said to really exist

In Whitehead's thinking, what could be said about something that has no effect on any other person or object?

Relations are not secondary to what a thing is, they are what the thing is.

What did Whitehead believe about the concept of relations in the context of defining an entity?

nothing more and nothing less than the sum of its relations to other entities

Whitehead believes any entity is in some sense what?

not be said to really exist.

If an object made no difference to any other entity, what could be said about it?

they are what the thing is

If relations are not secondary to what a thing is, what is it?

rld around it

What makes up the sum of relations to an entity?

in some way conform to it

A real object forces the universe to do what?

Europe and China

In what areas of the world has interest in Whitehead's work spread in recent decades?

William Temple

Who was one of the first theologians to try to interact with Whitehead's ideas?

Temple's Gifford Lectures of 1932-1934

What was the basis for "Nature, Man and God"?

practices that unite political struggle and spirituality with the sciences of education

According to Isabelle Stengers, what are unifying factors in diverse practices (like ecology and feminism) that have become interested in Whitehead's work?

ecology, physics, biology, education, economics, and psychology

What other fields have shown more recent interest in Whitehead's work?

at the University of Chicago's Divinity School

Where were the first followers mainly found?

Henry Nelson Wieman

Who began the interest in Whitehead at Chicago's Divinity School?

John B. Cobb

Who id the most well-known Whitehead scholar?

Wieman, Charles Hartshorne, Bernard Loomer, Bernard Meland, and Daniel Day Williams

What professors established the importance of Whitehead's work?

China

Where is interest in Whitehead's work growing the fastest today?

modernization and industrialization

What challenges are China using Whitehead's ideas to help manage?

traditions of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism

What types of traditions are China blending with Whitehead's "constructive post-modern" philosophy?

John Cobb and David Ray Griffin

What philosphers' writings are becoming required reading for graduate students in China?

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

Why does John Cobb believe China has become interested in process philosophy?

his assertion that matter is an abstraction

what is an example of Whitehead's ideas being counter-intuitive?

the sheer difficulty and density of his prose

Why do some people believe Whitehead's writings may have restricted his influence?

perception of metaphysics itself as passé

What is a common opinion of metaphysics?

Whitehead has not been recognized as particularly influential within the most dominant philosophical schools

What is the general opinion of Whitehead in most philosophical schools?

American pragmatism

What philosophy is closely related to process philosophy?

William James and John Dewey

What pragmatists did Whitehead acknowledge in the preface to "Process and Reality"?

Nicholas Rescher

Who is a philosopher that promotes process philosophy and pragmatism currently?

Charles Sanders Peirce

What founder of pragmatism's collected papers did Charles Hartshorne ans Paul Weiss edit?

Richard Rorty

What important neopragmatist was Harthorne's student?

It has been severely criticized

How was Whitehead's theory of gravitation received?

Henry Stapp and David Bohm

What physicists in the field of quantum theory have been influenced by Whitehead?

Whitehead's view has now been rendered obsolete, with the discovery of gravitational waves

What affect did the discovery of gravitational waves have on Whitehead's theory?

phenonena observed locally that largely violate the kind of local flatness of space that Whitehead assumes

What are gravitational waves?

Whitehead's cosmology must be regarded as a local approximation

How must Whiteheads cosmology now be considered?

Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order

What award did Cobb and Daly receive for the book?

Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology

What was the first book on environmental ethics by an individual author?

For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future

On which economics book did Cobb collaborate with Herman Daly?

Sustaining the Common Good: A Christian Perspective on the Global Economy

What other economics book did Cobb go on to author?

to challenge "economists' zealous faith in the great god of growth."

What was the goal of Cobb's second book on economics?

Xie Bangxiu

Who established the FEELS model in China?

Flexible-goals, Engaged-learner, Embodied-knowledge, Learning-through-interactions, and Supportive-teacher

What does "FEELS" stand for?

It is used for understanding and evaluating educational curriculum under the assumption that the purpose of education is to "help a person become whole."

What is the purpose of the FEELS model?

Chinese government organizations and the Institute for the Postmodern Development of China

What entities are working together to promote the FEELS model?

Mark Dibben

What prominent business professor has been heavily influenced by Whitehead?

"applied process thought"

What does Dibben call his philosophy on management and business administration?

philosophy of management and business ethics

In what fields has Dibben published two books and other papers?

philosophy of business administration and organizational theory

What business fields has Whitehead influenced?

this allows "a comprehensive exploration of life as perpetually active experiencing, as opposed to occasional – and thoroughly passive – happening."

According to Dibben, what are the benefits of applying process metaphysics to examining management and business administration as a component of social science?

1910s

During which decade did Whitehead's focus start shifting away from mathematics?

philosophy of science, and finally to metaphysics

After moving away from mathematics, what subjects did Whitehead explore?

processes

As opposed to physical objects, what did Whitehead believe reality is composed of?

reality is fundamentally constructed by bits of matter that exist independently of one another

What was the predominant theory of reality that Whitehead opposed?

Process and Reality

What book of Whitehead's is now considered a primary source of process philosophy?

mathematics

What did Whitehead first study?

philosophy

What was Whitehead's second area of study?

metaphysics

What was Whitehead's final area of study?

metaphysical

What type of system did he develop?

processes

What did Whitehead argue reality consists of?

Ramsgate, Kent, England

Where was Alfred North Whitehead born?

1861

In what year was Whitehead born?

Thomas Whitehead, Alfred North's grandfather

Who founded Chatham House Academy?

minister and schoolmaster of Chatham House Academy

What was Whitehead's father's profession?

Maria Sarah Whitehead, formerly Maria Sarah Buckmaster

Who was Whitehead's mother?

Ramsgate, Kent, England

Where was Alfred North Whitehead born?

1861

What year was Whitehead born?

minister and schoolmaster

What was Whitehead's father's profession?

Maria Sarah Whitehead,

What was Whitehead's mother's name?

Evelyn

What was Whitehead's wife's name?

University of London system

In which educational system was Whitehead employed in the late 1910s?