Alfred North Whitehead: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Alfred North Whitehead: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

This encyclopedia entry examines the life and work of Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947), a British mathematician and philosopher best known for his work in mathematical logic and the philosophy of science. He created the school of process philosophy and is considered a foundational thinker of modern panentheist thought, although he never used the term “panentheism” in his work.