Alfred North Whitehead Quotes


Error is the price we pay for progress.


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Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947, Philosopher & Mathematician, Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology, 1929

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Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead
  • Born: February 15, 1861
  • Died: December 30, 1947
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Mathematician

Alfred North Whitehead OM FRS FBA was an English mathematician and philosopher. He is best known as the defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy, which today has found application to a wide variety of disciplines, including ecology, theology, education, physics, biology, economics, and psychology, among other areas.