num_pages: 136
description: Process thought is the foundation for studies in many areas of contemporary philosophy theology political theory educational theory and the religion-science dialogue. It is derived from Alfred North Whitehead's philosophy known as process theology which lays a groundwork for integrating evolutionary biology physics philosophy of mind theology environmental ethics religious pluralism education economics and more. In Process-Relational Philosophy  C. Robert Mesle breaks down Whitehead's complex writings providing a simple but accurate introduction to the vision that underlies much of contemporary process philosophy and theology. In doing so he points to a way beyond both reductive materialism and the traps of Cartesian dualism by showing reality as a relational process in which minds arise from bodies in which freedom and creativity are foundational to process in which the relational power of persuasion is more basic than the unilateral power of coercion. Because process-relational philosophy addresses the deep intuitions of a relational world basic to environmental and global thinking it is being incorporated into undergraduate and graduate courses in philosophy educational theory and practice environmental ethics and science and values among others. Process-Relational A Basic Introduction makes Whitehead's creative vision accessible to all students and general readers.
language: English
title: Process-Relational Philosophy: An Introduction to Alfred North Whitehead
publisher: Templeton Press