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Good, evil, and God in the evolution of A.N. Whitehead's theodicyKrasnicki, Ted January 1994 (has links)
Thèse numérisée par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.
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Science et religion dans la philosophie de WhiteheadDurand Folco, Jonathan 18 April 2018 (has links)
Tableau d'honneur de la Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales, 2011-2012 / Les développements inégaux de la science et de la religion à l'intérieur de la modernité font apparaître un problème, voire même un conflit, quant à l'harmonisation des différents champs de savoir. Mais derrière cette dichotomie simple peut se cacher plusieurs formes d'interactions, allant du conflit et de l'indépendance au dialogue et à l'intégration. Cette dernière solution, extrêmement minoritaire dans la philosophie contemporaine, est pourtant défendue par Alfred North Whitehead. Le rôle de la philosophie est pour lui essentiel, celle-ci servant de milieu capable de défricher et d'articuler soigneusement les rapports possibles entre tous les domaines de l'expérience humaine. Ainsi, la science et la religion reçoivent toutes deux leur signification ultime à l'intérieur d'un schéma global, se voulant à la fois cohérent et adéquat, pouvant être corroboré par les découvertes scientifiques et les intuitions morales.
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A Whiteheadian Interpretation of the Zoharic Creation StoryUnknown Date (has links)
This dissertation presents a Whiteheadian interpretation of the notions of mind,
immanence and process as they are addressed in the Zohar. According to many scholars,
this kabbalistic creation story as portrayed in the Zohar is a reaction to the earlier
rabbinic concept of God qua creator, which emphasized divine transcendence over divine
immanence. The medieval Jewish philosophers, particularly Maimonides influenced by
Aristotle, placed particular emphasis on divine transcendence, seeing a radical separation
between Creator and creation. With this in mind, these scholars claim that one of the
goals of the Zohar’s creation story was to emphasize God’s immanence within creation.
Similar to the Zohar, the process metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead and his
followers was reacting to the substance metaphysics that had dominated Western
philosophy as far back as ancient Greek thought. Whitehead adopts a very similar
narrative to that of the Zohar. First there is mind containing all the eternal objects which
serve as potential for the creation (God’s primordial nature). Mind becomes immanent in all actual occasions through prehension (God’s consequent nature). Finally God becomes
“the lure” (to use Whitehead’s phrase) in the ongoing process of nature (God as
superject). In this narrative, God is not the static being, the unmoved mover as discussed
by Aristotle, but rather, is portrayed as a dynamic becoming, a God of process.
Due to these significant similarities between Whitehead’s process philosophy and
the Zohar with regard to the immanence of God and the process of creation, it is
worthwhile to attempt a process interpretation of the kabbalistic creation story. The first
part of this dissertation is entitled Philosophical Foundations, focusing on the intellectual
framework of this study of the Zohar. The second part is entitled Creating a Narrative,
looking at the text of the Zohar through the lens of Whitehead’s metaphysics. Finally,
the conclusion looks at the narrative and discusses whether the goals of the dissertation
have been achieved. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2016. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Whitehead's vision and the possibilities for the Christological adventureSquires, Timothy James January 1988 (has links)
The Intention of this thesis is to develop a Process christology which is valid and coherent with respect to the principles of Whitehead's Process philosophy and adequate with respect to Christian faith. As indicated by the title, the study moves from Whitehead's vision to the christological adventure. Although this necessitates that the criteria are essentially philosophical, it is stressed that the discussion finds its inspiration in faith. For that reason the second chapter describes the Process christologies of Norman Pittenger. John Cobb, Schubert Ogden and David Griffin. That discussion isolates the major questions and issues which arise. Chapter three is an examination of the philosophical principles of Whitehead's vision. A central thesis of the work is that the theory of "initial aims" is inadequate to account for the idea of a Divine purpose relevant to human beings. I illustrate why this is so and, after presenting a Process theory of the "self", describe how the notion of purpose mediated in history is Intelligible. Chapter four is a synthesis between the issues raised in the second chapter and the philosophical themes of chapter three. This chapter presents the christology which is valid with respect to Whitehead's vision. The following chapter observes that the Church is an essential aspect of Process christology, and then evaluates Christ and the Church with respect to some of' the themes of Biblical and traditional christology. The intention is to justify its status as an appropriate expression of faith, although it is accepted that the essential subjectivity of faith renders an objective evaluation impossible. The final chapter offers some concluding remarks, noting particularly how Process christology is a theology of liberation : freedom and responsibility.
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A comparison of the theories of the educative process of Plato, Aristotle, Dewey and Whitehead.Macfarlane, Joan M. January 1948 (has links)
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Un empirisme spéculatif: construction, processus et relation chez WhiteheadDebaise, Didier January 2002 (has links)
Doctorat en philosophie et lettres / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished
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Sensing and organising : an interpretation of the thought of Karel E. WeickJoubert, Carel W. T. 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2005. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The focus in this thesis is on sensemaking in organisations and the aim was to offer an
interpretation of the thought of Karl E. Weick. The interpretation subsequently consists
of a description and discussion of concepts, underlying theories and paradigmatic
perspectives that are integrated into and deployed in Weick's sensemaking framework.
After a description and definition of sensemaking terms and concepts, it is argued that
a process cosmology forms the ground theory in Weick's sensemaking framework. In
order to elucidate this interpretation, the organic model of the world of Bergson and
Whitehead is introduced. Special attention is given to pragmatism's underlying process
ontology and themes which social consructionism, symbolic interactionism and
ethnomethodology share in common with pragmatism. The aim is to show how these
perspectives and themes are taken up in Weick's sensemaking in organisations and
organisational theory.
A failure to make sense is both consequential and existential. This aspect of Weick's
thought is discussed in the context of Bergson's process cosmology. It is followed by a
description and discussion of Weick's use of systems theory with special attention
given to Weick's concept of 'enactment' .
How and why does an organisation becomes what it becomes? This question is
addressed in the context of a description and discussion of complexity theory. A core
concept in both complexity theory and Weick's thought is self-organisation. The aim is
to show how sense making appears on systems level.
Finally, this thesis attempts to addresses the question of the relationship between
organisation and organising and how both terms is to be understood in terms of
Weick's ontological view of the world. This aim is to show that Weick's
understanding of "the" organisation (noun) can be conceived of as an abstraction and
organisation (verb - 'organising') in terms of relating and as process in becoming and
how he thereby gives social construction an ontological twist. The conclusion reached
is that, in the type of world Weick describes, it makes sense to make sense. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis fokus op 'sensemaking' in organisasies - om die dubbelsinnige,
onduidelike en onverwagse meer duidelik, begryplik and redelik te maak vir persone
om te weet wat besig is om te gebeur en gepaste aksies te neem. Die doel was
derhalwe 'n interpretasie van die denke van Karl E. Weick. Die interpretasie omvat
gevolglik 'n beskrywing en bespreking van konsepte, teorieë en paradigmatiese
perspektiewe wat Weick in sy sensemaking raamwerk integreer en ontplooi.
Ná 'n definiëring en beskrywing van terme en konsepte word geargumenteer dat 'n
proses beskouing van die werklikheid Weick se sensemaking raamwerk onderlê.
Hierdie interpretasie word toegelig met 'n bespreking en beskrywing van die organiese
model van Bergson en Whitehead, sowel as die proses ontologie onderliggend aan
pragmatisme. Gevolglik kom pragmatisme, sosiale konstruksionisme, simboliese
interaksionisme en etnometodologie aan die orde. Verskeie temas word beskryf en
bespreek in die konteks van sensemaking en organisasie-teorie.
'n Mislukking in sensemaking het newe gevolge en is dit ook eksistensieël van aard.
Hierdie aspek van Weick se denke word beskryf en bespreek in die konteks van
Bergson se proses kosmologie en word die interpretasie opgevolg met 'n bespreking
van sisteem-teorie. Hoe en waarom verander organisasies wanneer hulle verander? Die
antwoord op hierdie vraag kom aan die orde in die konteks van 'n bespreking van
kompleksiteits-teorie. 'n Kern konsep in beide Weick se sensemaking en
kompleksiteits-teorie is self-organisasie. 'n Baie belangrike doel is om aan te dui hoe
sensemaking voorkom en plaasvind op sisteem-vlak.
Ten slotte poog die tesis om die verband tussen organisasie en organisering in Weick
se denke meer verstaanbaar te maak. Die argument hier is dat Weick se verstaan van
"die" organisasie (selfstandige naamwoord) as 'n abstraksie en organisasie
(werkwoord) in terme van relasies en proses in wording geïnterpreteer kan word, en
Weick sodoende 'n ontologiese kinkel in die verstaan van sosiale konstruksionisme
teweeg bring. Die slotsom tot waartoe in hierdie studie gekom word is dat, in die
wêreld wat Weick beskryf, maak dit 'sense' om 'sense' te maak.
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