What is it about?
The aim of McHenry’s book is to elaborate a metaphysical theory that accommodates modern physics. In a sense he intends to bring back the relevance of philosophy to the progress of our knowledge of the world. He introduces the character and some implications of event ontology, and suggests a way towards a unified theory of both scientific and philosophical knowledge.
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Why is it important?
McHenry’s book provides many important insights to readers considering a wide range of topics. Among them different versions of metaphysics and ontology, the relation between language and reality, a possible contribution of Whitehead´s theory of cosmic epochs to modern cosmology namely the theory of multiverses. He also addreses some philosophical problems like: the mind–body problem, causation and perception, the question of free will and personal identity, and finally the question of moral agency.
Perspectives
Some or perhaps all of these questions are worthy of broader consideration, and so I do not consider the topic of the volume as finished. There are more details and more connections waiting for an elaboration before we truly sense some progress toward a unified theory—unifying both our scientific and philosophical knowledge of the world.
Mgr. PhD. Stefan Zolcer
Univerzita Komenskeho v Bratislave
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This page is a summary of: Process philosophy, reconsidered, Metascience, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s11016-018-0296-0.
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