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Science and the modern world

Chapter 1: SCIENCE AND THE MODERN WORLD
By Alfred North Whitehead
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A philosophical survey examines how scientific thought across three centuries has transformed Western culture and dominant cosmologies. It traces the origins and mathematical foundations of modern science, surveys key intellectual periods and the Romantic reaction, and addresses major developments such as relativity and quantum theory. The work explores themes of abstraction, the concept of God, and the relationship between religion and scientific outlooks. Throughout, it emphasizes philosophy’s role in critiquing and harmonizing competing worldviews and concludes by outlining requisites for social progress shaped by scientific mentality.

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Title: Science and the modern world

Author: Alfred North Whitehead

Release date: July 25, 2022 [eBook #68611]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: The MacMillan Company, 1925

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SCIENCE AND THE MODERN WORLD

LOWELL LECTURES, 1925
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK . BOSTON . CHICAGO . DALLAS
ATLANTA . SAN FRANCISCO
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON
MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd.
BOMBAY . CALCUTTA . MADRAS
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, Ltd.
TORONTO
SCIENCE
AND THE MODERN WORLD
LOWELL LECTURES, 1925
BY
ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD
F.R.S., Sc.D. (Cambridge), Hon. D.Sc. (Manchester),
Hon. LL.D. (St. Andrews)
FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
AND PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1925
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1925.
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and printed.
Published October, 1925.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY
THE FERRIS PRINTING COMPANY
TO
MY COLLEAGUES,
PAST AND PRESENT,
WHOSE FRIENDSHIP IS INSPIRATION.