Whiteheadian Creativity, the Tao, and the Thomistic Act of Being
The notion of Creativity within the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead offers a generalised structure of intelligibility. Creativity is not an entity, not even God as the Supreme Being or utterly transcendent entity, but an underlying activity which serves as the ontological ground for everything...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1993
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Pacifica
Year: 1993, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-188 |
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| Summary: | The notion of Creativity within the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead offers a generalised structure of intelligibility. Creativity is not an entity, not even God as the Supreme Being or utterly transcendent entity, but an underlying activity which serves as the ontological ground for everything that exists. Comparisons can thus be made between the notion of the Tao within classical Chinese philosophy, the God-world relationship within the philosophy and theology of Thomas Aquinas, and the neo-classical process-oriented metaphysics of Whitehead. It is arguable that a transcendent activity underlies all the particular changes in this world. |
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| ISSN: | 1839-2598 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pacifica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1030570X9300600205 |