Whitehead and Bradley: A Comparative Analysis (Suny Series in Systematic Philosophy) (SUNY Series in Philosophy)

In His Magnum Opus, Process And Reality, Alfred North Whitehead Claims A Special Affinity To Oxford Philosopher Francis Herbert Bradley. Mchenry Clarifies Exactly How Much Of Whitehead's Metaphysics Is Influenced By And Accords With The Main Principles Of Bradley's Absolute Idealism. He Argues That Many Of Whitehead's Doctrines Cannot Be Understood Without An Adequate Understanding Of Bradley, In Terms Of Both Affinities And Contrasts. He Evaluates The Arguments Between Them And Explores Several Important Connections With William James, Josiah Royce, George Santayana, Bertrand Russell, And Charles Hartshorne. Ch. 1. Introduction. The Central Plan Of This Essay. Idealism And Realism. Whitehead's Process Realism And Philosophical Method. Bradley's Absolute And The Skeptical Method -- Ch. 2. The Metaphysics Of Experience. Historical Perspective. Panpsychism. Bradley's Finite Centres Of Experience. Whitehead's Actual Occasions -- Ch. 3. The Analysis Of Experience. Introduction. The Specious Present. Genetic Analysis And The Component Elements. Whitehead's Interpretation Of Bradley -- Ch. 4. Internal And External Relations. Bradley On Relation And Contradiction. Concrete Relatedness And Prehension. Symmetrical And Asymmetrical Relations. Extensive Relations And Abstraction -- Ch. 5. Extension And Whole-part Relations. Events Versus Substance. Cosmological Outlook. Transmutation And The Theory Of Society. Cosmic Epochs And The Absolute -- Ch. 6. Time. Temporal Unity And Direction. The Eternalistic Theory Of Time. Replies To Some Objections To Whitehead -- Ch. 7. God And The Absolute. Universal Absorption. The Consequent Nature Of God. Leemon B. Mc Henry. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 195-204) And Index. Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Introduction The Central Plan of This Essay Idealism and Realism Whitehead's Process Realism and Philosophical Method Bradley's Absolute and the Skeptical Method 2. The Metaphysics of Experience Historical Perspective Panpsychism Bradley's Finite Centres of Experience Whitehead's Actual Occasions 3. The Analysis of Experience Introduction The Specious Present Genetic Analysis and the Component Elements Whitehead's Interpretation of Bradley 4. Internal and External Relations Bradley in Relation and Contradiction Concrete Relatedness and Prehension Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Relations Extensive Relations and Abstraction 5. Extension and Whole-Part Relations Events versus Substance Cosmological Outlook Transmutation and the Theory of Society Cosmic Epochs and the Absolute 6. Time Temporal Unity and Direction The Eternalistic Theory of Time Replies to Some Objections to Whitehead 7. God and the Absolute Universal Absorption The Consequent Nature of God Epilogue Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index