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'''Alfred North Whitehead''' (15 February 1861 – 30 December 1947) was an English mathematician and philosopher. He is best known as the defining figure of the philosophical school known as ''process philosophy'', which today has found application to a wide variety of disciplines, including ecology, theology, education, physics, biology, economics, and psychology, among other areas. | '''Alfred North Whitehead''' (15 February 1861 – 30 December 1947) was an English mathematician and philosopher. He is best known as the defining figure of the philosophical school known as ''process philosophy'', which today has found application to a wide variety of disciplines, including ecology, theology, education, physics, biology, economics, and psychology, among other areas. | ||
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* [http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.chmm/1263316509 ''A treatise on universal algebra: with applications''], Cambridge: The University Press, 1898. | * [http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.chmm/1263316509 ''A treatise on universal algebra: with applications''], Cambridge: The University Press, 1898. | ||
* [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/u/umhistmath/ABN2643.0001.001 ''The Axioms of Descriptive Geometry''], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1907. | * [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/u/umhistmath/ABN2643.0001.001 ''The Axioms of Descriptive Geometry''], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1907. | ||
Revision as of 12:30, 24 March 2014
Alfred North Whitehead (15 February 1861 – 30 December 1947) was an English mathematician and philosopher. He is best known as the defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy, which today has found application to a wide variety of disciplines, including ecology, theology, education, physics, biology, economics, and psychology, among other areas.
Literature
- A treatise on universal algebra: with applications, Cambridge: The University Press, 1898.
- The Axioms of Descriptive Geometry, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1907.
- Symbolism, Its Meaning and Effect, New York: Macmillan 1927; 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press 1958; 3rd ed., Fordham University Press, 1985. Delivered as Barbour-Page Lectures at University of Virginia, New York.
- Symbolismus, jeho význam a účin, trans. Vlastimil Zuska, 1997. (in Czech)
