The Whitehead Research Project is dedicated to the research of and scholarship on, the texts, philosophy and life of Alfred North Whitehead.
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RIP John Cobb, Jr.
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Lots to share in the latest update from the Critical Edition of Whitehead, including progress on the two volumes of Essays & Articles! whiteheadresearch.org/2024/1…
ALT Emerson Hall, 27 September 2024: 100 years and 2 days after Whitehead’s first lecture
“If you once put yourself into the prison of a private world, no graft will get you out it.”
A.N. Whitehead (as recorded by Susanne Langer, May 5, 1928)
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"From Descartes to Kant, phil worked openly, with clear,
though insufficient, notions; after Kant the progress is in sophistry, explaining away the world and substituting
applesauce, insufficient and opaque."
--AN Whitehead (as recorded by Susanne Langer Feb 23, 1928)
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Exciting news: our Contemporary Whitehead Studies book series published through Lexington Books is now an imprint of Bloomsbury! This should give volumes in the series even greater reach, especially internationally.
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"The development of mathematics is a combination of definition, make-believe and humbug."
--AN Whitehead (3/10/1928, as recorded by EL Marvin)
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"God is Descartes' waste-paper basket for difficulties."
--AN Whitehead (12/22/1927, Phil 3b, as recorded by Corliss Lamont)
"Science is not mere description. [It is] impossible to separate it from metaphysics."
--A.N. Whitehead
(10/4/1927, as recorded by E.L. Marvin in Philosophy 3b)
We are sad to learn of the passing of one of the great Jesuit process philosophers, Joseph Bracken, S. J. May his intensity of feeling continue to resonate across occasions, nexūs, and societies.
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Catch the latest update on the @EdinburghUP Critical Edition of the Complete Works of Alfred North Whitehead. whiteheadresearch.org/2024/0…
New book in our Contemporary Whitehead Studies series! "Virginia Woolf as a Process-Oriented Thinker" whiteheadresearch.org/2023/1…
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We are delighted to announce that the Critical Edition of Whitehead has been awarded an @NEHgov grant! #NEHGrant whiteheadresearch.org/2023/0…
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The connection between Alfred North Whitehead and #Oppenheimer is unexpected. If you are curious what grade Oppenheimer got in Whitehead's class, take a look at this new research blog!
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“Ultimately, galaxies are less like machines, and more like animals – loosely understandable, rewarding to study, but only partially predictable. Accepting this requires a shift in perspective, but it makes our vision of the universe all the richer.”
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