Metaphysical Foundations for a Theory of Value

in the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead,

by William Hendrichs Leue, PhD.

Quotations from W.H. Leue's book

Abstract

Story of the acceptance of the thesis by the Harvard Department of Philosophy and Bill's oral defense.

 

Part One - The Metaphysical Foundations

 

Chapter One - Introduction

page one - Problem of this paper

Introduction page two - Mood, Method and Difficulties of this paper

 

Chapter Two - Concrete Existence as Creative Activity

Section A - A Criterion of Creative Activity

Section B - Actual Occasions

Section C - Prehension and Feeling

Section D - The Phases of a Creative Process

 

Chapter Three - "Eternal Objects"

Section A - Whitehead is not a Platonist

Section B - "Pure Potentiality" - The Nature & Function of the Realm of Eternal Objects .........in Itself

Section C - "Real Potentiality": The Nature & Function of Actual Forms and Patterns

 

Chapter Four - Creativity and God

Section A - Creativity

Section B - God

 

Part Two - The Problems of Value 

 

Chapter Five - Value and Existence

Section A - Apparent Confusion Among Whitehead's Ideas on Value

Section B - Qualifications & Problems of Associating Existence and Value

 

Chapter Six - Creativity as the Source of Value

Section A - Relative and Absolute Value - a Necessary Distinction

Section B - Relative Value

Section C - Absolute Value (about half transcribed)

 

Chapter Seven - Application to Special Value Problems

Section A - Evil

Section B _ Value Fields

Section C - Special Problems of Ethics

Chapter Eight - Concluding Remarks

Section A - The "Strengths" of Whitehead's Notion of Value

Section B - The "Weaknesses" of Whitehead's Notion of Value

Section C  - The Central Notion

 

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