Analytical Critiques of Whitehead's Metaphysics

Analytic philosophers have criticized A. N. Whitehead's metaphysics for being obscure, yet several such philosophers have espoused positions in metaphysics and philosophy of mind that were advanced by Whitehead in the 1920s. In this paper, we evaluate the merits and demerits of these criticisms...

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Published in:Journal of the American Philosophical Association 2016, Vol.2 (3), p.483-503
Main Authors: MCHENRY, LEEMON B., SHIELDS, GEORGE W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Consciousness
Discourse analysis
Metaphysics
Ontology
Philosophers
Philosophy
Physics
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William (1872-1970)
Whitehead, Alfred North (1861-1947)
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Summary:Analytic philosophers have criticized A. N. Whitehead's metaphysics for being obscure, yet several such philosophers have espoused positions in metaphysics and philosophy of mind that were advanced by Whitehead in the 1920s. In this paper, we evaluate the merits and demerits of these criticisms by Bertrand Russell, W. V. Quine, Karl Popper, and others and then demonstrate the affinities and contrasts in the positions advanced by Galen Strawson, David Chalmers, Thomas Nagel, and Whitehead regarding so-called ‘analytic panexperientialism’.
ISSN:2053-4477
2053-4485
DOI:10.1017/apa.2016.21