Whitehead's Philosophical Development: A Critical History of the Background of Process and Reality

abstractive set active condition actual entity actual occasion adjectives analysis appearance aspects assertion atomic awareness called causal cause chapter character citation closed to mind cognitive complex Concept of Nature concrete congruence consciousness continuous continuum creativity definite derived doctrine duration Einstein electrons elements epistemology essay eternal objects event-particle exhibit experience extensive abstraction fact factors given ideal ingredient ingression instantaneous space italics limit material objects matter meaning merely metaphysical mode Modern World Natural Knowledge notion observed passage perceived perceptual objects percipient event philosophy of science physical object possible prehension present primate Principle of Relativity Principles of Natural problem Process and Reality punct realm reference relatedness relations says Whitehead scientific objects sense sense-awareness sense-objects sense-perception significance simple location situation space-time spatial spatiotemporal statement temporal theory of relativity things tion topic transition period treatment uniform Whitehead says Whitehead's philosophy Whitehead's thought