In his most important work, Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology, he described his task as that of “speculative philosophy,” which he defined as “the endeavor to frame a coherent logical necessary system of general ideas in terms of which every element of our experience can be interpreted.” He sought not to understand a grand narrative, but to understand the nature of reality and to explain in categorical terms how everything comes to be. Whitehead came at his reflection through the world of mathematics and physics as they developed in the first part of the 20 th century, and also his knowledge of Western philosophy and theology. Each also brought to his thought a wealth of knowledge of human cultures, and of philosophy and theology. Their reflections were based on the cosmological, geological and biological story as it has become known in modern science. Thomas Berry and Teilhard de Chardin, who greatly influenced Berry, have been impressed by the story of the universe as narrative, and from this narrative have drawn conclusions about the nature of the universe. ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD’S PROCESS PHILOSOPHY IN RELATION TO DE CHARDIN, BERRY AND SWIMME
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