Process pragmatism : : essays on a quiet philosophical revolution / / edited by Guy Debrock.

• Superior document: Value inquiry book series ; Volume 137
• TeilnehmendeR: Debrock, G., 1934-
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam ;, New York, New York : : Editions Rodopi B.V.,, [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: Value inquiry book series ; Volume 137.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (211 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book discusses Process Pragmatism, the view that whatever is, derives from interactions. The contributors examine and defend its merits by focusing on major topics, including truth, the existence of unobservables, the origin of knowledge, scientific activity, mathematical functions, laws of nature, and moral agency.

Table of Contents

Editorial Foreword by John R. Shook -- Preface by Guy Debrock -- ONE Guy DEBROCK: Introduction: Process Pragmatism -- TWO Sandra B. ROSENTHAL: Pragmatic Process Philosophy: A Uniquely Powerful Paradigm -- THREE Carl HAUSMAN: Charles Peirce's Evolutionary Realism as a Process Philosophy -- FOUR Jaime NUBIOLA: The Law of Reason and the Law of Love -- FIVE Johan SIEBERS: Self-consciousness: A Pragmatic Process Approach -- SIX James BRADLEY: The Generalization of the Mathematical Function: A Speculative Analysis -- SEVEN Palmyre OOMEN: Immanence and Divine Persuasion: Whitehead's Provocative View on the Laws of Nature -- EIGHT Herman C.D. DE REGT: Restless Thought: A Pragmatist View on Belief and Scientific Realism -- NINE Michael H.G. HOFFMANN: Peirce's "Diagrammatic Reasoning": A Solution of the Learning Paradox -- TEN Rowland STOUT: The Life of a Process -- ELEVEN Guy DEBROCK: Ethics and Pragmatic Process Philosophy -- About the Authors -- Index.