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The Concept of Nature

Alfred North Whitehead · English text · 58,322 words

Alfred North Whitehead examines how scientific thought understands nature, perception, and the abstractions used to describe the physical world.

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Background

Based on lectures delivered in 1919, the book criticizes the separation of scientific description from lived experience. This text uses Project Gutenberg eBook 18835 because the anthology extraction was damaged.

Reading notes

  • Keep Whitehead’s distinction between nature and our thoughts about nature in view.
  • Notice how examples of perception support abstract claims.
  • Pause over technical terms and follow how their meanings develop across lectures.

Version note

English text: The Concept of Nature, Project Gutenberg eBook 18835. The supplied anthology extraction was damaged and has been replaced with this public-domain edition.