Beginning Process and Reality
Meeting Info
Dates: July 3, 2022 – November 20, 2022
Times: Sundays, 4:00 – 5:00 PM Pacific
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Summary
Designed for beginners, this learning circle will involve a close reading of Whitehead’s seminal work, Process & Reality, discussing passages together in-depth as we work our way through the text.
Description
Alfred North Whitehead’s Process & Reality is a central source text for the traditions of process philosophy and process theology and an important work in the canon of 20th century Western philosophy. Whitehead’s book, however, is notoriously difficult and requires a close reading in order to grasp many of the key concepts. This learning circle seeks to provide the opportunity for this kind of close reading of Whitehead’s text, allowing for in-depth discussion as we slowly work through the great work.
This reading group is geared towards first-time readers of Process & Reality who are seeking the opportunity for a careful engagement with the text in a community of likeminded learners. Some familiarity with Western philosophy will be helpful, but the group will also seek to collaborate to fill in the gaps in each other’s knowledge as we work through the text.
Resources
- Reading Schedule
- Discussion Forum
- Process and Reality by Alfred North Whitehead
- Whitehead Word Book: A Glossary with Alphabetical Index to Technical Terms in Process and Reality by John B. Cobb, Jr.
- Course page archive with all resources linked
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