Part IV discusses how perception and feeling of extension in space and time may be analyzed. Part II describes how ‘symbolic reference’ may arise as an interplay between two modes of perception: ‘causal efficacy’ and ‘presentational immediacy.’ Part III presents a theory of the nature of feelings, and discusses the relation between propositions and feelings. Part I describes how abstract concepts may arise from the examination of concrete actual entities. The lectures are divided into five parts: "Part I: The Speculative Scheme " "Part II: Discussions and Applications " "Part III: The Theory of Prehensions " "Part IV: The Theory of Extension " and "Part V: Final Interpretation." Whitehead also investigates how reality can be defined as a process of becoming. Whitehead presents a system of speculative philosophy that is based on a categoreal scheme of investigation, designed to explain how concrete aspects of human experience can provide a foundation for our understanding of reality. Alfred North Whitehead’s Process and RealityĪlfred North Whitehead’s Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology is based on the Gifford Lectures that he delivered at the University of Edinburgh in 1927-8.
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