By assuming that enduring objects are the most real and fundamental things in the universe, materialists have mistaken the abstract for the concrete "quality", "matter", and "form" These "classical" concepts fail to adequately account for change, and overlook the active and experiential nature of the most basic elements of the world. a continuum of overlapping events a "society" of events "classical" concepts change quality", "matter", and "form" society continuum of overlapping events
How did Whitehead define the "fallacy of misplaced concreteness"? What basic concepts did Whitehead believe were questionable? Why did he believe those concepts were inaccurate? How did Whitehead classify what is usually seen as an individual person? How did Whitehead refer to the combination of a person's separate experiences? What are the concepts quality, matter, and form considered? Concepts such as quality, matter, and form fail to account for what? What concepts overlook the experiential nature of basic elements? What does Whitehead call experiences that are progressively connected? Instead of being a single person, what does Whitehead view a person as?
In Whitehead's view, then, concepts such as "quality", "matter", and "form" are problematic. These "classical" concepts fail to adequately account for change, and overlook the active and experiential nature of the most basic elements of the world. They are useful abstractions, but are not the world's basic building blocks. What is ordinarily conceived of as a single person, for instance, is philosophically described as a continuum of overlapping events. After all, people change all the time, if only because they have aged by another second and had some further experience. These occasions of experience are logically distinct, but are progressively connected in what Whitehead calls a "society" of events. By assuming that enduring objects are the most real and fundamental things in the universe, materialists have mistaken the abstract for the concrete (what Whitehead calls the "fallacy of misplaced concreteness").
question: How did Whitehead define the "fallacy of misplaced concreteness"?, answer: By assuming that enduring objects are the most real and fundamental things in the universe, materialists have mistaken the abstract for the concrete | question: What basic concepts did Whitehead believe were questionable?, answer: "quality", "matter", and "form" | question: Why did he believe those concepts were inaccurate?, answer: These "classical" concepts fail to adequately account for change, and overlook the active and experiential nature of the most basic elements of the world. | question: How did Whitehead classify what is usually seen as an individual person?, answer: a continuum of overlapping events | question: How did Whitehead refer to the combination of a person's separate experiences?, answer: a "society" of events | question: What are the concepts quality, matter, and form considered?, answer: "classical" concepts | question: Concepts such as quality, matter, and form fail to account for what?, answer: change | question: What concepts overlook the experiential nature of basic elements?, answer: quality", "matter", and "form" | question: What does Whitehead call experiences that are progressively connected?, answer: society | question: Instead of being a single person, what does Whitehead view a person as?, answer: continuum of overlapping events