Religious Implications of Whitehead-Hartshornean Process Philosophy
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Whitehead-Hartshornean, Impiications, PhilosophyAbstract
In spite of the scathing criticism of classical metaphysics, and the much acclaimed "end of metaphysics," the twentieth century also witnessed a renewed interest in metaphysics. Especially through the works of Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) and Charles Hartshorne (1897 -), a new, thoroughly modem system evolved, which in its scope and depth rivals the so-called philosophia perennis. Among the most outstanding intellectual achievements of the century has been the creation of a 'process' alternative to the metaphysics and philosophical theology of our classical tradition. As Wolfhart Pannenberg rightly acknowledges, process philosophy is "this century's most significant contribution to metaphysics.
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Religious Implications of Whitehead-Hartshornean Process Philosophy
Kurian Kachappilly
Kurian Kachappilly, CMI is Professor of philosophy at Dharmaram Vidhya Kshetram, Bangalore.
In spite of the scathing criticism of classical metaphysics, and the much acclaimed "end of metaphysics," the twentieth century also witnessed a renewed interest in metaphysics. Especially through the works of Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) and Charles Hartshorne (1897 -), a new, thoroughly modem system evolved, which in its scope and depth rivals the so-called philosophia perennis. Among the most outstanding intellectual achievements of the century has been the creation of a 'process' alternative to the metaphysics and philosophical theology of our classical tradition. As Wolfhart Pannenberg rightly acknowledges, process philosophy is "this century's most significant contribution to metaphysics.
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