Whitehead and the Immanence of Extension

The Extensive Continuum is most often seen as an empty form that awaits the accommodation of actuality. Contrary to this popular interpretation, I argue that extension is completely immanent to actual occasions and their prehensive relations. Whitehead's doctrine of internal relations entails t...

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Main Author: Vermeiren, Florian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Illinois Press 2021
In: Process studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 201-221
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Whitehead, Alfred North 1861-1947 / Reality / Relationship / Extension (Logic)
IxTheo Classification:TK Recent history
VA Philosophy
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Summary:The Extensive Continuum is most often seen as an empty form that awaits the accommodation of actuality. Contrary to this popular interpretation, I argue that extension is completely immanent to actual occasions and their prehensive relations. Whitehead's doctrine of internal relations entails that extension cannot be separated from actual occasions, just as actual occasions cannot be separated from extension. To prehend is to extend. Furthermore, any strict separation of form and actuality is shown to bifurcate nature into publicity and privacy. Only with the immanence of extension is nature truly one.
ISSN:2154-3682
Contains:Enthalten in: Process studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5840/process202150211