Title: The Emergence of the Cyborg and the End of the Classical Tradition: The Crisis of Alfred North Whitehead's Process and Reality.
Authors: Byrd, Don
Abstract: The author discusses the books "Principia Mathematica" by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell and "Process and Reality" by Alfred North Whitehead, with a focus on philosophy's goal of liberating thought from the constraints of language. Cosmology and self-referential paradoxes are examined, such as the "collection of all collections." Whitehead's synthesis of Platonic cosmology is examined with reference to Plato's "Timaeus." The author proposes the idea of life on earth as cyborganic.
Subjects: WHITEHEAD, Alfred North, 1861-1947; METAPHYSICAL cosmology; RUSSELL, Bertrand, 1872-1970; PLATO, 428-347 B.C.; PRINCIPIA (Book : Newton); PROCESS & Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (Book : Whitehead); CYBORGS; PHILOSOPHY & science
Publication: Configurations, 2005, Vol 13, Issue 1, p95
ISSN: 1063-1801
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1353/con.2007.0007

The Emergence of the Cyborg and the End of the Classical Tradition: The Crisis of Alfred North Whitehead's Process and Reality.

Byrd, Don