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Birthday
Born 15 February 1861 in Ramsgate, England. -
A Treatise of Universal Algebra
Covers general principles covering Boolean Algebra, symbolic logic, algebraic manifolds, and the exterior algebra. It was intended to be the first of many volumes, but no other volumes were ever produced. Volume II was intended to solve certain algebraic conditions with a uniform solution. -
Principia Mathematica 1910-1913
The writing written with Bertrand Russell had three goals. " (1) to analyze to the greatest possible extent the ideas and methods of mathematical logic and to minimize the number of primitive notions and axioms, and inference rules; (2) to precisely express mathematical propositions in symbolic logic using the most convenient notation that precise expression allows; (3) to solve the paradoxes that plagued logic and set theory at the turn of the 20th century, like Russell's paradox." -
Introduction to Mathematics
Was written in hopes of giving the general populace a deeper understanding of mathematics and algebraic equations. Wanted students to know and understand the importance of the science regarding mathematics and not so much the solution of mathematic equations. -
Religion in the Making
Alfred wanted to show the importance and intertwining of religion and science in the physical world and how it created order and balance in civilization. One of the philosophical books written by Whitehead with many mixed reviews. -
The Aims of Education and Other Essays
Wanted to create a school reform through essays that he had written over a span of 13 years regarding what students were taught. Instead of having "inert ideas" being taught to students, he felt that students need real life application for the things they were being taught. He also wanted to minimize the importance that standardized testing had on students being accepted into an educational institution. -
Process and Reality
Separated reality into different elements both physical and mental. Worked on deeper understandings of earlier philosophers. Shows the relationship in multiple different types of reality. One of the major philosophical works that he authored. -
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Works Cited
An Introduction to Mathematics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1911.
Whitehead With Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica, Volume I,II,III. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1910
Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology. New York: Macmillan Company, 1929.
The Aims of Education and Other Essays. New York: Macmillan Company, 1929.
Religion in the Making. New York: Macmillan Company, 1926.