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Welcoming our Extraterrestrial Neighbors: Process Philosophy and ... openhorizons.org May 17, 2021 5 facts
claimAndrew Davis asserts that Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy provides a metaphysical perspective that can assist in understanding extraterrestrial neighbors, should they exist.
claimProcess philosophy posits four possibilities regarding extraterrestrial life: there is life on other planets; some of that life is intelligent; some intelligent beings on other planets seek to communicate with Earth; and some intelligent beings from other planets are visiting Earth and sending spacecraft to explore Earth.
referenceThe final section of the article 'Welcoming our Extraterrestrial Neighbors: Process Philosophy and UFOs' serves as a semi-playful introduction of process philosophy and theology to extraterrestrials, inviting them to engage in mutual exploration and understanding.
claimProcess philosophy and theology are exploratory in spirit and do not claim to have final answers, but instead delve into plausible possibilities grounded in the cosmology of Alfred North Whitehead.
claimIn process philosophy and theology, questions regarding the existence of life on other planets, including the possibility of probings and visitations, are considered empirical questions rather than metaphysical ones.
Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 3 facts
perspectiveAlfred North Whitehead's process philosophy argues that the fundamental elements of the universe are 'occasions of experience' that can combine to create complex entities like human beings.
claimDavid Ray Griffin coined the term 'panexperientialism' to refer specifically to the form of panpsychism utilized in process philosophy.
claimDavid Ray Griffin invented the term 'panexperientialism' to distinguish the process philosophical view from other varieties of panpsychism.
Hard Problem of Consciousness | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
referenceAlfred North Whitehead authored the book 'Process and Reality: an Essay in Cosmology', which was published by Macmillan in 1929.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 1 fact
claimThe implicate order in the Bohm-Hiley framework is referred to as 'holomovement' because it is dynamic rather than static, similar to the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 1 fact
claimAlfred North Whitehead, a pioneer of process philosophy, proposed that mental and physical poles of 'actual occasions' transcend their bipolar appearances.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 1 fact
referenceAlfred North Whitehead, in his work on process philosophy, described 'actual occasions' as having mental and physical poles that transcend their bipolar appearances.