Applied Process Thought II : Following a Trail Ablaze

Rebecca Newton

ISBN 10: 3110327872 / ISBN 13: 9783110327878

Published by De Gruyter, De Gruyter, 2009

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Concentrating mainly on the process philosophy developed by Alfred North Whitehead, this series of essays brings together some of the newest developments in the application of process thinking to the physical and social sciences. These essays, by established scholars in the field, demonstrate how a wider and deeper understanding of the world can be obtained using process philosophical concepts, how the distortions and blockages inevitably inherent in substantivist talk can be set aside, and how new and fertile lines of research in the sciences can be opened as a result.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Applied Process Thought II : Following a Trail Ablaze
• Publisher: De Gruyter, De Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110327872
• ISBN 13: 9783110327878
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 28D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 28 millimeters depth
• Weight: 658 grams

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Synopsis

Concentrating mainly on the process philosophy developed by Alfred North Whitehead, this series of essays brings together some of the newest developments in the application of process thinking to the physical and social sciences. These essays, by established scholars in the field, demonstrate how a wider and deeper understanding of the world can be obtained using process philosophical concepts, how the distortions and blockages inevitably inherent in substantivist talk can be set aside, and how new and fertile lines of research in the sciences can be opened as a result.

About the Author

Mark Dibben is Associate Professor of Management and Deputy Head of the School of Business and Economics at Monash University Gippsland, executive director-elect of the International Process Network and a professor in residence in the Centre for Process Studies at the Claremont School of Theology.

Rebecca Newton completed her doctoral research at the School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research examined the efficacy of the anti-terrorism legislation in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada in countering the threat from radical Islamist terrorist movements.