Alfred North Whitehead Philosopher and Mystic
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In this lecture, Amy Edelstein looks at Alfred North Whitehead's life and view of process philosophy, exploring how this sense of interdependent relationships, and a systems view radically changes our way of seeing the world, and of how we educate ourselves and our students. Edelstein looks at how Whitehead's deeply felt sense of the inseparability or profound interconnectedness of all things reveals a beauty, harmony, and compassionate view of life and our place in it. Lecture given at University of Pennsylvania.
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I came to know Whitehead through Terence McKenna. He constantly quotes Whitehead so I had to look him up.
After watching this, I can totally see how much Terence was influenced by reading Whitehead's work.
Fascinating stuff, I will need to do a real deep dive into this man's life and books.
I likewise found Whitehead and this channel...via TM. Terence would refer to "Whitehead" as though everyone knew of him.....like Nietzsche or Plato (neither of whom I'm not sure whether he ever mentioned.)
@@johndavis2399 Terence regarded Plato as one of the greatest minds of all time, he mentions him a lot.
One "problem" with the great man's lectures and writing is they are writing: unlikely, exquisite English at its definitive best, but writing. I think it's incorrect, strictly speaking, to call his writings his thinking. Writing is incapable of entirely encompassing anyone's thinking, in his view, as even thinking and writing were not enough as actualizing, sensual living demonstrates with and beyond us. Your discussion of his personal presence and influence, his habits of interaction are very helpful and verifying of a man of seemingly enormous awareness. Thanks for teaching.
Thank you. very comfortable introduction to Whitehead. I recall Alan Watts referencing him.
I’m very engaged with process.
Great job
"Trasindentalism" was an important spiritual movement that had a lot of cultural influence.
Thank you for making and publishing this! A friend of mine is a professor of philosophy and linked this presentation to me as a jumping-off point on Whitehead they'd listened to recently and I find myself hungry for more. I appreciate that you made it so I can learn more!
Whitehead was the fucking man.
Within her lecture on the life of A. N. Whitehead, she says at one point on his openness to new ideas (ex. quantum physics) that he was "endearing." Now, had I done a similar lecture (for which I'm not yet fully prepared) I would no doubt not have used the expression "endearing" to describe his caste of mind, which was utterly original and extremely well-informed, from his reading of ancient texts down to the present day of his time, circa 1930, 1940, 1950. His major opus, Process and Reality, he himself entitles "the philosophy of organism."
I understand, he was so brilliant. And he was so gentle, polite, and by all accounts from the time, his weekly dinner parties which covered all kinds of subjects made everyone feel welcomed, at home, and supported. He was known to be kind and humorous, people really liked him, which is nice to know in these days where those we admire can seem aloof or distant. Thanks for the thoughtful comment!
Some people find these attributes, "endearing", inspiring of love and affection.
ANW surely read Blake! 🤔 (Green Fire, UK) 🌈🦉 PS: Such a nostalgic photo too! (Pre AI !)
Besides his sublime musings......he had very large shoes.
Very interesting indeed. Thank you so much.
I doubt almost anyone knows Whitehead created the word "creativity"
To be a mystic is to be one who has chosen to experience, experience directly the very essence of God. The word "omnific" or "omni-active" must now be considered as present with the sciences and now upon all reality. What does it mean? God is Omni-Active. This means that one can experience God as All In All. God is not just the creator, but the eye, and the act of observation. One must now recognize that Our enter-relationship to God is in an infantile state of development. Encluding mine. If God is "every where... and no-where." Above time, on time and with grace, in time. Nevertheless, this Being is in process. And I still believe, Life is choice, not an infliction. Neither is living just a bad habit we do most of the time. Life, is "Not a bad habit." To LIVE, to truly live is rather... a moment in time to choose. ( How I shall be.) And in that moment know what conscious immorality is. And as you may have noticed by now, most people don't really get around to making it. Love, moi
Clear lecture. Great & tanx
The Great Unknown is not by necessity unknowable... to some degree. Both Whitehead and Alfred Korzybski are among Earth's greatest teachers and humanitarians. Anyone who has read either Whitehead's "Process And Reality" and/or Korzybski's "Science And Sanity" should be given either a medal (of honor), or a Ph.D. automatically. If you have, count me among your friends and associates now present on Earth in the 21st Century. Sincerely, Rt. Rev. Charles V. Davis, A.T.O.M. and Fellow of The United States-of-Consciousness.
Such a good presentation. Endearing and inspiring
Thank you, ma’am ♥️
Well done! I'm not being a wise ass by saying you have a genuine feeling for Whitehead's worldview.
Please, I beg you, give a reference of the quote you opened up with regarding 'certainty' and it's shocking uncertainty? I would love to have it.
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Fascinating and incredibly interesting. Thank you Amy!
I wonder if he was influenced by Unitarian thinkers in Boston and at Harvard.
the balance between EROS AND LOGOS SINCE THE HARLEM REFINEMENT ?????
It's difficult as someone conversant in Eastern philosophies, especially Vedanta, to consider that Whitehead offers a new, original, or "far out" prospective. These views are the basis of Vedanta, which has existed for thousands of years. From a Buddhist perspective it can be summed up as Anicca ("flux," "impermanence"). And the base material is a Kalipa, not a neutrino/ quark. My suggestion would be that these are not culturally conditioned truths, but point to eternal truths or conditions of the true reality that we cannot typically see. It may just be that Whitehead is one of the few prominent, positioned, white male thinkers to see this reality.
The major issue I think your not understanding is the hesitancy to allow universals to exist. The west is burdened by a history of institutions (primarily religious) that have held universals to be absolute. They used them to dominate and oppress.
There is a great aversion to such things as they have caused horrible outcomes. That is why you see American stories shifting towards gray morality and recognizing the complexity of the world and the events that unfold within it.
In some ways it's a radical shift for the West but as we have been seeing science and philosophy are starting to see the merits of the ancient philosophies of the East.
It’s the particular details, like his argument for pan-experimentalism, and the fact that his metaphysics even makes sense secularly which is what make it innovative. Reality is complex enough to allow for the fitting together of many different concepts that all seem to lie in interrelation. Whitehead offers rigorous philosophical insight into the nature of reality through his technical breakdowns and his fluency with the philosophical canon.
We can value the knowledge gleamed via religion while also commending western philosophical creations for their peculiar insight into the same sorts of problems.
You already know everything, he's just a white male. Good for you, you are a know it all.
i think you miss the point of whitehead's philosophy if you just boil it down to some eastern philosophy idea alone
I wish an intrepid philosopher would do a plain English translation of his idiosyncratic "Process...".
Everyone that discusses his work seems to follow the same format - "It's so amazing, groundbreaking, and brilliant! It's very difficult to explain because he's such a genius and did I mention how impressive he is?" Massive red flag 🚩
I would like to chat with you about consciousness. I have a RUclips channel. Stripping it right back. Yap. My life has been dedicated to systemising the human mind. Thanks for your time. Yap.
Whitehead was not the first to broach the subject of continuous flow and interdependence; a certain man called Buddha beat him to the punch.
He sounds a charming man, however the examples of his mystical thinking that
you give are unspecific , what is he actually referring to? Mysticism for Indian Idealism or Zen or Plotinus or Eckhart is non dualism: perception without projection revealing that all everyday things, including ourselves, are animated by Good Will and Lucidity. Dissolving projection has been made to seem offputtingly difficult to achieve by the meditative traditions. Not true. It takes application over time but many people could do it.
The signal advantage of meditation and psychotherapy, both are projection dissolving, is that they cause characterological growth, my personality changes, I am freer, more spontaneous, more authentic, happier. Philosophy deals with interesting concepts but doesn’t facilitate this in depth growth of oneself.
He was not educated at Shelburn (wherever that is), and neither was it founded in 1261.
Whitehead was educated at Sherborne, a prominent English public school, where he excelled in sports and mathematics and was head prefect of his class (Wikipedia)😊.
@@JamesBryden Yep. I know a lot about Sherborne. I was born there, and my grandad was Director of Music there for 20years. Way after Whitehead's time, tho'.