By Nicholas Gaskill,A. J. Nocek
Once mostly neglected, the speculative philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead has assumed a brand new prominence in modern concept around the humanities and social sciences. Philosophers and artists, literary critics and social theorists, anthropologists and machine scientists have all embraced Whitehead’s suggestion, extending it via inquiries into the character of existence, the matter of recognition, and the ontology of gadgets, in addition to into experiments in schooling and electronic media.
The trap of Whitehead deals readers not just a complete creation to Whitehead’s philosophy but additionally an indication of ways his paintings advances our rising knowing of lifestyles within the posthuman epoch.
Contributors: Jeffrey A. Bell, Southeastern Louisiana U; Nathan Brown, U of California, Davis; Peter Canning; Didier Debaise, unfastened U of Brussels; Roland Faber, Claremont Lincoln U; Michael Halewood, U of Essex; Graham Harman, American U in Cairo; Bruno Latour, Sciences Po Paris; Erin Manning, Concordia U, Montreal; Steven Meyer, Washington U; Luciana Parisi, U of London; Keith Robinson, U of Arkansas at Little Rock; Isabelle Stengers, unfastened U of Brussels; James Williams, U of Dundee.
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