Whitehead’s Philosophical Development: A Critical History of the Background of Process and Reality

Lawrence, Nathaniel. Whitehead’s Philosophical Development: A Critical History of the Background of Process and Reality. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1956. First edition. Octavo. xxi,370pp. Silver decorated black cloth with original printed dust jacket, “Lawrence divides Whitehead’s development into three periods: his early philosophy of science, 1919-1923, as represented in An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge, The Concept of Nature, and The Principle of Relativity; the transition, 1926-1928, as represented in Science and the Modern World, Religion in the Making, and Symbolism, Its Meaning and Effect; and the Mature Cosmology, 1929-1938, as represented in Process and Reality, Adventures of Ideas, and Modes of Thought.” Foreword by Stephen C. Pepper. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped, rubbing and creasing to parts of edges. Dated signature of previous owner and small abrasion on free front endpaper. Parts of inside on dj repaired with tape, otherwise dust jacket in good+, book in very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (28635) $40