The Concept of Nature
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The Concept of Nature is a 1920 philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that analyzes the relationship between nature, perception, and scientific description, laying groundwork for his later process philosophy.
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work → |
| academicDiscipline |
metaphysics
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philosophy → philosophy of science → |
| addresses |
distinction between nature as perceived and nature as described by science
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problem of space and time in physics → status of sense-data in knowledge of nature → |
| author |
Alfred North Whitehead
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| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| explores |
conceptual foundations of modern science
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relation between experience and the external world → |
| genre |
philosophy
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| hasCentralTheme |
analysis of the concept of nature
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relationship between nature and perception → relationship between nature and scientific description → |
| hasForm |
series of lectures
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| hasImpactOn |
environmental philosophy
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metaphysical theories of process → philosophy of physics → |
| influenced |
process philosophy
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| influencedBy |
scientific developments of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
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| isPrecursorTo |
Whitehead's mature process metaphysics
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| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
metaphysics
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nature → perception → philosophy of science → scientific description → |
| notableConcept |
bifurcation of nature
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| partOf |
Alfred North Whitehead's early philosophical works
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| philosophicalTradition |
British philosophy
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analytic philosophy → process philosophy → |
| publicationYear |
1920
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| publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| relatedWork |
Process and Reality
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Science and the Modern World → |
| timePeriod |
20th century philosophy
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Alfred North Whitehead
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