Featuring Stephen West of the Philosophize This! podcast, Dylan Casey, David Buchanan, and (eventually) Amogha Sahu. Recorded February 15, 2015.
Episode 110: Alfred North Whitehead: What Is Nature?
On The Concept of Nature (1920). Nature, i.e. the object of our experience, is events, not things, ya dig?
Episode 110: Alfred North Whitehead: What Is Nature? (Citizen Edition)
On The Concept of Nature (1920). Nature, i.e. the object of our experience, is events, not things, ya dig?
End song: “Run Away,” by Mark Lint
Precognition of Ep. 110: Whitehead
Mark Linsenmayer outlines Alfred North Whitehead’s book The Concept of Nature (1920)
Precognition of Ep. 110: Whitehead
Mark Linsenmayer outlines Alfred North Whitehead’s book The Concept of Nature (1920)
Why Non-Euclidean Geometry Does Not Invalidate Kant’s Conception of Spatial Intuition
Everyone once in a while I run across the opinion that non-Euclidean presents a serious problem for Kantian epistemology. While I’ve rebutted this notion before, it’s common enough that I thought I’d have another go at explaining why it’s a misconception. For Kant we can’t know the universe to be spatial “in itself” (as in “things-in-themselves”), Euclidean or Non-Euclidean or otherwise. Continue Reading …