Whitehead, Alfred North — born Feb. 15, 1861, Ramsgate, Isle of Thanet, Kent, Eng. died Dec. 30, 1947, Cambridge, Mass., U.S. British mathematician and philosopher. He taught principally at the University of Cambridge (1885–1911) and Harvard University (1924–37). His… … Universalium
Whitehead, Alfred North — (1861 1947) by Roland Faber Alfred North Whitehead is one of the more hidden but influential sources of Deleuze s thought. Unlike philosophers on whom Deleuze wrote books, Whitehead appears only in scattered remarks but, nevertheless, in a… … The Deleuze dictionary
Whitehead, Alfred North — (1861 1947) by Roland Faber Alfred North Whitehead is one of the more hidden but influential sources of Deleuze s thought. Unlike philosophers on whom Deleuze wrote books, Whitehead appears only in scattered remarks but, nevertheless, in a… … The Deleuze dictionary
Whitehead,Alfred North — White·head (hwītʹhĕd , wītʹ ), Alfred North. 1861 1947. British mathematician and philosopher. A founder of mathematical logic, he wrote Principia Mathematica (1910 1913) with Bertrand Russell and Process and Reality (1929). * * * … Universalium
Whitehead, Alfred North — (1861 1947) An English mathematician and philosopher, Whitehead began his career in mathematics and, with Bertrand Russell, published the monumental Principia Mathematica (1910 13), an attempt to reduce all of mathematics to a logical basis.… … Christian Philosophy
Whitehead , Alfred North — (1861–1947) British mathematician and philosopher Whitehead, who was born at Ramsgate on the south coast of England, obtained his PhD from Cambridge University in 1884. For the next few years he taught there and met Bertrand Russell, who was one… … Scientists
Whitehead, Alfred North — (1861–1947) English mathematician and philosopher. Whitehead was Russell s tutor in Cambridge, where he was Fellow of Trinity from 1884 to 1910, when he moved to London, and then to a chair of philosophy at Harvard in 1924. He collaborated with… … Philosophy dictionary
Whitehead, Alfred North — ► (1861 1947) Matemático y filósofo británico. Publicó con Bertrand Russell los Principia Mathematica. * * * (15 feb. 1861, Ramsgate, Isle of Thanet, Kent, Inglaterra–30 dic. 1947, Cambridge, Mass., EE.UU.). Matemático y filósofo británico.… … Enciclopedia Universal
WHITEHEAD, Alfred North — (1861 1947) English philosopher, mathematician, co author of Principa Mathematics (1910 1913) with Bertrand RUSSELL, and exponent of the theory of RELATIVITY. He developed his own METAPHYSICS in Process and Reality (1929) which led to his… … Concise dictionary of Religion
Alfred North Whitehead — OM (* 15. Februar 1861 in Ramsgate; † 30. Dezember 1947 in Cambridge (Massachusetts)) war ein britischer Philosoph und Mathematiker. Bekannt wurde Alfred Whitehead durch das Standardwerk „Principia Mathematica“ über Logik, das er zusammen mit… … Deutsch Wikipedia
