Metaphysics: An Introduction

A. N. Whitehead action Advaita Vedanta agent antitheses apple apposite opposites Aristotle aspects atoms become different categories of existence causal laws causally influence causation causation involves cause and effect cause-effect situation cells cessation change and permanence coexist common completely conditional potentialities constituting continue created creation depends DIALECTIC INVOLVES embodied Emergentists emergents endures Ennead events and duration example existing thing extent externally related final causation function future goal Hegel hence Henri Bergson hold hypothesis Ibid Indian Philosophy insofar intelligence interaction interdepend internal INVOLVES DIALECTIC Joseph Katz larger whole Lloyd Morgan merely metaphysics Nirguna Brahman Notes to Chapter organic whole participate partly past patient person Plotinus polar power to cause problems proposed purpose questions relatedness relative remains Roy Wood Sellars Saguna Brahman sense space spatial substance substantial synthesis synthetic temporal theory thereby thesis tion transcendent causation ultimate reality volves W. D. Ross whole-part causation York