Progress and Civilization in Whitehead

Process Studies 49 (2):188-208 (2020)
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This article is an attempt to analyze and criticize, both positively and negatively. Whitehead's concept of progress. Whitehead's progressive cosmology is critically examined, as is the relationship between technology and moral progress. The fragility of progress is emphasized.

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