process philosophy
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Process philosophy is a metaphysical tradition, associated with thinkers like Alfred North Whitehead and Susanne Langer, that views reality as fundamentally composed of dynamic processes and events rather than static substances.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
metaphysical theory
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philosophical tradition ⓘ school of thought ⓘ view of reality ⓘ |
| appliedIn |
ecology
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ethics ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alfred North Whitehead
NERFINISHED
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Charles Hartshorne NERFINISHED ⓘ David Ray Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ Henri Bergson NERFINISHED ⓘ John B. Cobb Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Rescher NERFINISHED ⓘ Susanne Langer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
classical essentialism
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substance metaphysics ⓘ |
| coreClaim |
becoming is more fundamental than being
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change is ontologically basic ⓘ reality is fundamentally composed of processes and events ⓘ static substances are derivative abstractions ⓘ |
| developedBy | Alfred North Whitehead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
becoming and change
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dynamism of reality ⓘ relationality of entities ⓘ temporality ⓘ |
| field | metaphysics ⓘ |
| hasSubfield | process theology ⓘ |
| historicalRoot |
G. W. F. Hegel
NERFINISHED
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Heraclitus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
aesthetics
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environmental philosophy ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ process theology NERFINISHED ⓘ systems theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
evolutionary biology
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quantum mechanics ⓘ relativity theory ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
actual occasions
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concrescence ⓘ creativity ⓘ event ⓘ organism ⓘ prehension ⓘ process ⓘ |
| period | 20th century philosophy ⓘ |
| viewOnCausation | causation is processual and relational ⓘ |
| viewOnObjects | objects are patterns of stable processes ⓘ |
| viewOnRelations | relations are constitutive of entities ⓘ |
| viewOnTime | time is real and fundamental ⓘ |
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