Project Gutenberg 2006-07-16 Public domain in the USA. 959 Whitehead, Alfred North 1861 1947 Whitehead, A. N. (Alfred North) The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 Produced by Janet Kegg, Laura Wisewell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Concept of Nature" by Alfred North Whitehead is a philosophical treatise written in the early 20th century. This work embodies a series of lectures that explore the philosophy of the sciences and the interrelations between various branches of knowledge, particularly focusing on the natural sciences. Whitehead aims to redefine and clarify the nature of scientific inquiry, challenging prevailing notions of matter and substance that have dominated scientific discourse. The opening of the work outlines the intentions behind the Tarner lectures at Trinity College, establishing a framework for discussing the philosophy of the sciences. Whitehead emphasizes the importance of understanding nature as both a complex of entities and a process that unfolds through time, advocating for a view that avoids dualistic interpretations of reality. He introduces key concepts such as sense-perception, thought, and the distinctions between homogeneous and heterogeneous thinking. Through these foundational ideas, he begins to navigate the challenging terrain of natural philosophy, seeking to unite various scientific perspectives under a cohesive understanding of nature itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 49.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Knowledge, Theory of Nature Science -- Philosophy Q Text Category: Science - Physics Category: Philosophy & Ethics 455428 2025-08-08T06:28:49.076032 text/html 448114 2006-07-16T07:35:56 text/html 209224 2025-08-08T06:28:56.938040 application/epub+zip 210745 2025-08-08T06:28:51.380066 application/epub+zip 210745 2025-08-08T06:28:49.997039 application/epub+zip 394719 2025-08-08T06:29:00.807548 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351114 2025-08-08T06:28:55.957045 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346396 2022-09-09T06:07:02.198964 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 384053 2025-08-08T06:28:48.046041 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 383426 2006-07-16T07:35:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 383897 2006-07-16T07:35:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 383902 2006-07-16T07:35:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22430 2025-08-08T06:29:00.943488 application/rdf+xml 11546 2025-08-08T06:28:50.531044 image/jpeg 2986 2025-08-08T06:28:50.265072 image/jpeg 119941 2006-07-16T07:59:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 119717 2006-07-16T07:59:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 130326 2006-07-16T07:59:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 119639 2006-07-16T07:59:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 196435 2025-08-08T06:28:49.106072 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia