An enquiry concerning the principles of natural knowledge
by Alfred North Whitehead
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About this eBook
- Author
- Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947
- Original Publication
- United Kingdom: University Press, 1925.
- Credits
- Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust Digital Library.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- Q: Science
- Subject
- Science -- Philosophy
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 71026
- Release Date
- June 23, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING THE PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL KNOWLEDGE
- 3.Untitled
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
- 6.CONTENTS
- 7.PART I THE TRADITIONS OF SCIENCE — CHAPTER I MEANING
- 8.CHAPTER II THE FOUNDATIONS OF DYNAMICAL PHYSICS
- 9.APPENDIX I TO CHAPTER II NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION
- 10.APPENDIX II TO CHAPTER II MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS
- 11.CHAPTER III SCIENTIFIC RELATIVITY
- 12.APPENDIX TO CHAPTER III
- 13.CHAPTER IV CONGRUENCE
- 14.PART II THE DATA OF SCIENCE — CHAPTER V THE NATURAL ELEMENTS
- 15.CHAPTER VI EVENTS
- 16.CHAPTER VII OBJECTS
- 17.PART III THE METHOD OF EXTENSIVE ABSTRACTION — CHAPTER VIII PRINCIPLES OF THE METHOD OF EXTENSIVE ABSTRACTION
- 18.CHAPTER IX DURATIONS, MOMENTS AND TIME-SYSTEMS
- 19.CHAPTER X FINITE ABSTRACTIVE ELEMENTS
- 20.CHAPTER XI POINTS AND STRAIGHT LINES
- 21.CHAPTER XII NORMALITY AND CONGRUENCE
- 22.CHAPTER XIII MOTION
- 23.PART IV THE THEORY OF OBJECTS — CHAPTER XIV THE LOCATION OF OBJECTS
- 24.CHAPTER XV MATERIAL OBJECTS
- 25.CHAPTER XVI CAUSAL COMPONENTS
- 26.CHAPTER XVII FIGURES
- 27.CHAPTER XVIII RHYTHMS
- 28.NOTES
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