Alfred north whitehead

Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)

By NBonsai

  • Born

    Location: Ramsgate, Isle of Thanet, Kent, England

  • An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge

    This book is an inquiry of the data of science, forming a perceptive of scientific observation involving a complex view of experience.

  • The Principle of Relativity with Applications to Physical Science

    In this work Whitehead explains his alternate theory of relativity.

  • Appointment at Harvard

    Alfred North Whitehead accepts his five-year appointment at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts as Professor of Philosophy.

  • The Concept of Nature

    This work was derived from the Tarner lectures delivered at Trinity College in 1919 and contributed to the development of philosophical naturalism. Whitehead examined the fundamental problems of substance, space, and time while assessing Einstein's theories, along with findings of physics on the concept of nature.

  • Science and The Modern World

    This work shows how cultural history has affected science of the ages in relation to relativity and quantum theory.

  • Death

    Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • Summary

    "Whitehead’s philosophical views posthumously inspired the movement of process philosophy and theology, and today Whitehead’s ideas continue to be felt and are revalued in varying degrees in all of the main areas in which he worked." (Desmet and Irvine)