Reality as Social Process
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Reality as Social Process is a major philosophical work by Charles Hartshorne that develops a process-oriented, relational view of reality within the tradition of process theology and metaphysics.
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| Reality as Social Process canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reality as Social Process Context triple: [Charles Hartshorne, notableWork, Reality as Social Process]
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A.
Rethinking Social Inquiry
Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
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B.
Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory is a foundational sociological text in which Bruno Latour systematically presents and defends actor-network theory as an alternative way of understanding social phenomena.
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C.
The Social Framework
The Social Framework is an influential economics book by John R. Hicks that presents a systematic introduction to the structure and functioning of a modern economic system.
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D.
Modern Social Imaginaries
Modern Social Imaginaries is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that explores how shared social understandings and collective imaginaries shape modern Western institutions, practices, and identities.
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E.
The Nature of Culture
The Nature of Culture is a seminal anthropological work by Alfred L. Kroeber that systematically explores the concept, patterns, and development of human culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reality as Social Process Target entity description: Reality as Social Process is a major philosophical work by Charles Hartshorne that develops a process-oriented, relational view of reality within the tradition of process theology and metaphysics.
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A.
Rethinking Social Inquiry
Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
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B.
Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory is a foundational sociological text in which Bruno Latour systematically presents and defends actor-network theory as an alternative way of understanding social phenomena.
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C.
The Social Framework
The Social Framework is an influential economics book by John R. Hicks that presents a systematic introduction to the structure and functioning of a modern economic system.
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D.
Modern Social Imaginaries
Modern Social Imaginaries is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that explores how shared social understandings and collective imaginaries shape modern Western institutions, practices, and identities.
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E.
The Nature of Culture
The Nature of Culture is a seminal anthropological work by Alfred L. Kroeber that systematically explores the concept, patterns, and development of human culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ work of metaphysics ⓘ work of process philosophy ⓘ work of process theology ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
absolute divine immutability
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classical substance metaphysics ⓘ strict divine impassibility ⓘ |
| author | Charles Hartshorne ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
God as supremely social being
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becoming over static being ⓘ creatures as internally related ⓘ reality as a network of relations ⓘ reality as process ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
20th-century metaphysics
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development of process theology ⓘ philosophical theology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
metaphysics
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philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasNotableConcept |
God–world interaction
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creative advance of the universe ⓘ social process as ultimate category ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
dipolar theism
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panentheistic view of God and world ⓘ relational ontology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alfred North Whitehead
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classical theism (as a critical interlocutor) ⓘ Process and Reality ⓘ
surface form:
process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead
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| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
metaphysical cosmology
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panentheism ⓘ philosophy of God ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ process metaphysics ⓘ relational view of reality ⓘ social ontology ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
metaphysics
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ontology ⓘ philosophical theology ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
process philosophy
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process theology ⓘ |
| supportsView |
God is affected by the world
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individuals are constituted by relations ⓘ reality is fundamentally social ⓘ |
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