he never had any formal training in philosophy beyond his undergraduate education "This further question lands us in the ocean of metaphysic, onto which my profound ignorance of that science forbids me to enter." in later life Whitehead would become one of the 20th century's foremost metaphysicians Bertrand Russell undergraduate friend and former student rank amateur one of the 20th century's foremost metaphysicians.
What was the extent of Whitehead's education in philosophy? What was Whitehead's opinion of his own knowledge of metaphysics in that correspondence? How did Whitehead eventually become regarded in the field of metaphysics? With what friend and former student did Whitehead correspond regarding the goals of science? What is the highest Whitehead was trained in philosophy? What is the relationship between Whitehead and Russell? What did Whitehead consider himself as a philosopher? What was Whitehead considered as a metaphysician?
Whitehead did not begin his career as a philosopher. In fact, he never had any formal training in philosophy beyond his undergraduate education. Early in his life he showed great interest in and respect for philosophy and metaphysics, but it is evident that he considered himself a rank amateur. In one letter to his friend and former student Bertrand Russell, after discussing whether science aimed to be explanatory or merely descriptive, he wrote: "This further question lands us in the ocean of metaphysic, onto which my profound ignorance of that science forbids me to enter." Ironically, in later life Whitehead would become one of the 20th century's foremost metaphysicians.
question: What was the extent of Whitehead's education in philosophy?, answer: he never had any formal training in philosophy beyond his undergraduate education | question: What was Whitehead's opinion of his own knowledge of metaphysics in that correspondence?, answer: "This further question lands us in the ocean of metaphysic, onto which my profound ignorance of that science forbids me to enter." | question: How did Whitehead eventually become regarded in the field of metaphysics?, answer: in later life Whitehead would become one of the 20th century's foremost metaphysicians | question: With what friend and former student did Whitehead correspond regarding the goals of science?, answer: Bertrand Russell | question: What is the highest Whitehead was trained in philosophy?, answer: undergraduate | question: What is the relationship between Whitehead and Russell?, answer: friend and former student | question: What did Whitehead consider himself as a philosopher?, answer: rank amateur | question: What was Whitehead considered as a metaphysician?, answer: one of the 20th century's foremost metaphysicians.