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With the increase of natural disasters, droughts, and superstorms, it's clear that climate change isn't coming--it's here. The ecological crisis of climate change and how we handle it is the challenge of this century. Though policy changes or technological advances may help, they're not enough. We are in need of new ways of thinking and acting; new ways of understanding our relationship to the world. This book assesses the challenges of climate change through an interdisciplinary study, examining the basic scientific, political, economic, and moral dimensions through a framework of philosophical ethics.--

A central concern of nearly every environmental ethic is the desire to extend the scope of direct moral concern beyond human beings to plants, non-human animals, and the systems of which they are a part. Although nearly all environmental philosophies have long since rejected modernity's conception of individuals as isolated and independent substances, few have replaced this worldview with an alternative that is adequate to the organic, processive world in which we find ourselves. In this context, [the author] argues that the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead has the potential to make a significant contribution to environmental ethics. Additionally inspired by classical American philosophers such as William James, John Dewey, and Charles Sanders Peirce and environmental philosophers such as Aldo Leopold, Peter Singer, Albert Schweitzer, and Arne Naess, [the author] develops an ethical theory that brings ... perspectives to both environmental ethics and process philosophy. By systematically developing a conception of individuality that embraces equally the microscopic world of subatomic events and the macroscopic world of ecosystems, [this book] emphasizes the well-being of wholes, while not losing sight of the importance of the unique centers of value that constitute these wholes.-Dust jacket

Climate change and the loss of nonhuman welfare / John Nolt -- Anthropocentrism and the anthropocene : restoration and geoengineering as negative paradigms of epistemological domination / Eric Katz -- Climate ethics bridging animal ethics to overcome climate inaction : an approach from strategic visual communication / Laura Fernández Aguilera -- Suffering, sentientism and sustainability : an analysis of a non-anthropocentric moral framework for climate ethics / Rebekah Humphreys -- Biocentrism, climate change, and the spatial and temporal scope of ethics / Robin Attfield -- Evaluating climate change with the language of the forms of life / Claudio Campagna and Daniel Guevara -- Thinking through the anthropocene : educating for a planetary community / Whitney Bauman -- Conflicting advice : resolving conflicting moral recommendations in climate and environmental ethics / Patrik Baard -- An eco-centric proposal for setting a price on greenhouse gas emissions / Karen Green -- Being human : an ecocentric approach to climate ethics / Amanda Nichols -- Atmospheres of object-oriented ontology / Sam Mickey -- Monsters, metamorphoses, and the horror of ethics in the 'Pelagioscene' / Jeremy Gordon -- Gut check : imagining a posthuman 'climate' / Connie Johnston -- Wonderland earth in the anthropocene epoch / Holmes Rolston III.

"In these newly commissioned essays, leading Whitehead scholars ask a range of important questions about Whitehead's first year of philosophy lectures. Do these lectures challenge or confirm previous understandings of Whitehead's published works? What is revealed about the development of Whitehead's thought in the crucial period after London but before the publication of Science and the Modern World? What should we make of concepts and terms that were introduced in these lectures but were never incorporated into subsequent publications? Also included in this volume is the text of Whitehead's first lecture at Harvard, recently gifted to the Critical Edition of Whitehead, allowing for a clearer understanding of Whitehead's plans and goals for his first course of lectures in philosophy than has previously been possible."--

Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- THE FOUR-FOLD ART OF AVOIDING QUESTIONS /Paul Weiss -- THE PROBLEM OF THE ANALOGY OF BEING /George Klubertanz -- THE SELF AS SOURCE OF MEANING IN METAPHYSICS /W. Norris Clarke -- REALITY AND METAPHYSICS /Joseph Owens -- MERLEAU-PONTY AND THE RENEWAL OF ONTOLOGY /Marjorie Grene -- METAPHYSICS, CRITIQUE, AND UTOPIA /Richard J. Bernstein -- THE QUESTION OF BEING /Robert Sokolowski -- IS METAPHYSICS POSSIBLE? /Stanley Rosen -- THE SCIENCE WE ARE SEEKING /Ralph McInerny -- THE PRACTICALITY OF METAPHYSICS /Frederick Ferré -- TWO FACES OF SCIENCE /Ernan McMullin -- ARE CATEGORIES INVENTED OR DISCOVERED? A RESPONSE TO FOUCAULT /Jorge J. E. Gracia -- TEXTUALITY, REALITY, AND THE LIMITS OF KNOWLEDGE /Nicholas Rescher -- METAPHYSICS AND LANGUAGE /John Herman Randall -- BEING, IMMEDIACY, AND ARTICULATION /John E. Smith -- STRIVING TO SPEAK IN A HUMAN VOICE: A PEIRCEAN CONTRIBUTION TO METAPHYSICAL DISCOURSE /Vincent Colapietro -- THE METAPHYSICS OF THE GOOD /Ivor Leclerc -- PERISHABLE GOODS /George Allan -- THE GENEROSITY OF THE GOOD /Joseph Grange -- THE LEGACY AND FUTURE /Robert C. Neville -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES OF THE METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 1952–2010 /Brian G. Henning and David Kovacs -- INDEX /Brian G. Henning and David Kovacs -- VIBS /Brian G. Henning and David Kovacs.

The first scholarly edition of critically edited, previously unpublished notes of Whitehead's philosophy lectures from 1925 to 1927Reproduces more than 170 lectures delivered by Alfred North Whitehead during his 2nd and 3rd years at Harvard Provides a window into the development of Whitehead's thought in the lead up to the publication of his most significant work, Process and RealityReproduces the drawings Whitehead created on the board in class providing new insights into his thinking – invaluable because his published works include no diagramsFor the first time, Whitehead's readers will be able to see the development of his philosophy during the crucial period between the publication of Science and the Modern World and his delivery of the Gifford lectures that would become Process and Reality, as he tests his theories in a classroom setting. These student notes provide the long-missing window into critical developments in Whitehead's thinking during this time. They challenge longstanding speculations about when exactly Whitehead developed some of his most famous metaphysical concepts, and how those concepts are to be properly interpreted against the wider backdrop of his life and thought.Also included is a transcript of the only known lecture Whitehead delivered on the topic of ethics, two mid-year exams given to his students and nearly 2,000 footnotes that provide additional context for the lectures and alternative student accounts of key passages

Preliminary Material -- WHITEHEAD'S OTHER COPERNICAN TURN /Roland Faber and Brian G. Henning -- TOWARD A METAPHYSICS OF EXPRESSION /Vincent Colapietro -- RENEWING SPECULATION: THE SYSTEMATIC AIM OF WHITEHEAD'S PHILOSOPHIC COSMOLOGY /Christoph Kann -- BEYOND METAPHYSICS?—A HISTORIOGRAPHICAL APPROACH TO WHITEHEAD'S SPECULATIVE PHILOSOPHY /Dennis Soelch -- CITING THE PARADOX: PROBING THE SYSTEMATIZATION OF WHITEHEAD AS PHILOSOPHER SUBJECT /Deena Lin -- BEFORE METAPHYSICS: MODES OF THOUGHT AS A PREQUEL TO WHITEHEAD'S "TRILOGY" /Clinton Combs -- IMMANENCE AND INCOMPLETENESS: WHITEHEAD'S LATE METAPHYSICS /Roland Faber -- THE ORGANISM OF FORMS IN LATER WHITEHEAD /Robert J. Valenza -- BEYOND DOGMATIC FINALITY: WHITEHEAD AND THE LAWS OF NATURE /Jeremy Dunham -- ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD'S RECEPTACLE /Joachim Klose -- CONTINGENCY AND WHITEHEAD'S METAPHYSICS OF EXPERIENCE /Helmut Maaßen -- THE WEB OF LIFE AND THE CONSTITUTION OF HUMAN IDENTITY: RETHINKING NATURE AS THE MAIN ISSUE OF WHITEHEAD'S LATE METAPHYSICS /Regine Kather -- RE-CENTERING PROCESS THOUGHT: RECOVERING BEAUTY IN A. N. WHITEHEAD'S LATE WORK /Brian G. Henning -- THE SELF-EVIDENCE OF CIVILIZATION /Stascha Rohmer -- FACT, VALUES, INDIVIDUALS, AND OTHERS: TOWARDS A METAPHYSICS OF VALUE /Michael Halewood -- SELF-ENJOYMENT AND CONCERN: ON WHITEHEAD AND LEVINAS /Steven Shaviro -- PROVOCATIVE EXPRESSION: TRANSITIONS IN AND FROM METAPHYSICS IN WHITEHEAD'S LATER WORK /Jude Jones -- THE DREAM OF SOLOMON /Isabella Palin -- WORKS CITED -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- VIBS.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- General introduction -- Editorial principles -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology for Alfred North Whitehead -- Published works of Alfred North Whitehead -- Introduction to The Harvard Lectures of Alfred North Whitehead, 1924-1925 -- Emerson Hall lectures, Harvard Yard, 1924-1925 -- First semester -- Second semester -- Radcliffe College lectures, 1924-1925 -- First semester -- Second semester -- Whitehead Seminary, October 1924-1925 -- Metaphysics', delivered by Alfred North Whitehead -- Appendix Sample scans of original handwritten notes -- Index

Examines the significance of The Harvard Lectures of Alfred North Whitehead, 1924–1925Responds to the question of whether the Harvard Lectures and The Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Complete Works of Alfred North Whitehead project change our understanding of the meaning or development of Whitehead's thoughtWritten by international experts on Whitehead – including Maria-Teresa Teixeira, Gary Herstein and Jude Jones – who address a range of different aspects of the scholarly implications of the LecturesThe first monograph responding to the Critical Edition: has the potential to establish the tone and influence the direction of subsequent workIncludes the text of Whitehead's first lecture at Harvard, recently gifted to the Critical EditionContributes towards setting scholarly conventions for how to cite and reference the volumes of the Critical EditionIn these newly commissioned essays, leading Whitehead scholars ask a range of important questions about Whitehead's first year of philosophy lectures. Do these lectures challenge or confirm previous understandings of Whitehead's published works? What is revealed about the development of Whitehead's thought in the crucial period after London but before the publication of Science and the Modern World? What should we make of concepts and terms that were introduced in these lectures but were never incorporated into subsequent publications?Also included in this volume is the text of Whitehead's first lecture at Harvard, recently gifted to the Critical Edition of Whitehead, allowing for a clearer understanding of Whitehead's plans and goals for his first course of lectures in philosophy than has previously been possible