generally considered to be among the most difficult to understand in all of the western canon Gifford lectures Process and Reality professional philosophers Process and Reality 1927–28 the most difficult to understand
What is the general opinion of the difficulty level of Whitehead's work in philosophy? What lectures did Whitehead present in 1927-28? Under what name were those lectures later published? Who also struggled to follow Whitehead's writings? Following Arthur Eddington's lectures, what did Whitehead publish? When did Whitehead delivery the Gifford lectures? In all of the western canon, what is Whitehead's work considered?
This is not to say that Whitehead's thought was widely accepted or even well-understood. His philosophical work is generally considered to be among the most difficult to understand in all of the western canon. Even professional philosophers struggled to follow Whitehead's writings. One famous story illustrating the level of difficulty of Whitehead's philosophy centers around the delivery of Whitehead's Gifford lectures in 1927–28 – following Arthur Eddington's lectures of the year previous – which Whitehead would later publish as Process and Reality:
question: What is the general opinion of the difficulty level of Whitehead's work in philosophy?, answer: generally considered to be among the most difficult to understand in all of the western canon | question: What lectures did Whitehead present in 1927-28?, answer: Gifford lectures | question: Under what name were those lectures later published?, answer: Process and Reality | question: Who also struggled to follow Whitehead's writings?, answer: professional philosophers | question: Following Arthur Eddington's lectures, what did Whitehead publish?, answer: Process and Reality | question: When did Whitehead delivery the Gifford lectures?, answer: 1927–28 | question: In all of the western canon, what is Whitehead's work considered?, answer: the most difficult to understand