Charles Hartshorne The occasion which led to the writing of this book was somewhat sudden and quite concrete. It was the near coincidence of two conversations, each with an intelligent, educated lady, different in the two cases, who was troubled by what she felt were absurdities in the idea of God with which she was… Continue reading Preface to Omnipotence and Other Theological Mistakes
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Preface to Wisdom as Moderation
Charles Hartshorne Some years ago the idea expressed in the title of this book occurred to me, and much of Chapters One, Two, and Four were written then. More recently, when asked by the Lowell Foundation to give three lectures in Cambridge, Mass., I reworked Chapters One and Two and wrote Chapter Three to make… Continue reading Preface to Wisdom as Moderation
Preface to The Zero Fallacy
Preface to The Zero FallacyCharles Hartshorne The idea of this book arose, according to my memory, exactly as Dr. Valady says it did. Our luncheon meetings were also his idea, and I recall no hesitation in agreeing. Long ago I learned that friendship is not a matter of being of the same country, or same… Continue reading Preface to The Zero Fallacy
Charles Hartshorne: Primary Bibliography of Philosophical Works
Compiled by Dorothy C. Hartshorne Revised and Updated by Donald Wayne Viney and Randy Ramal This bibliography is a corrected version of the one that appeared in Process Studies 30, 2 (2001): 374-409; in Santiago Sia’s Religion, Reason and God (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2004): 195-223; and in Herbert F. Vetter (ed.), Hartshorne: A… Continue reading Charles Hartshorne: Primary Bibliography of Philosophical Works
Metaphysics for Positivists
Charles Hartshorne What is metaphysics? There is real danger of taking the meaning of this term too much for granted, and of leaning too heavily upon an undefined word in the very act of dismissing metaphysics as word jugglery. Metaphysics is not, as I conceive it, the study of the wholly transcendent or supersensible. It… Continue reading Metaphysics for Positivists
The Organism According to Process Philosophy
Charles Hartshorne Hans Jonas is a very interesting — I am tempted to say fascinating — as well as learned philosopher. He has written perceptively about biological problems and also about the type of philosophy in which I have most confidence. I have decided, however, not to comment in much detail upon his views. This… Continue reading The Organism According to Process Philosophy
Twelve Elements of My Philosophy
Charles Hartshorne Background. From the outset I was given intensive but liberal religious training in my home, my father’s Episcopal church, and an Episcopal boarding school (now nonexistent) which I attended for four happy years before going to college. Also, in my teens, came exposure to Emerson’s Essays, which I found wonderfully stimulating and inspiring,… Continue reading Twelve Elements of My Philosophy
The Logic of the Ontological Argument
Charles Hartshorne Professor Malcolm’s recent exposition,1 correct so far as it goes, of Anselm’s second ontological argument (there are indeed two) can be partly formalized in a chain of valid inferences as follows: 1. (∃x)Px → N(∃x)Px The existence of perfection can only be necessary. 2. ~ N(∃x)Px → N ~ N(∃x)Px The non-necessity of… Continue reading The Logic of the Ontological Argument
A Logic of Ultimate Contrasts
Charles Hartshorne The conceptual structure of the neoclassical philosophy can be partly indicated by a rather simple yet comprehensive table. The aim is less to demonstrate than to explicate, and I shall not conceal certain puzzles that trouble me. The point is to show the interconnections between concepts and thereby to exhibit the philosophy as… Continue reading A Logic of Ultimate Contrasts
Dedication to Creative Synthesis and Philosophic Method
Dedication to Creative Synthesis and Philosophic MethodCharles Hartshorne To Paul Weissever-delightful and helpful friend;ingenious, skilful and versatile author and editor;theoretical, practical, organizational, pedagogical,indefatigable and astute protagonist of philosophyor the search for comprehensive ideas and idealswhich can give our judgments perspectiveand our endeavors nobility. Source:Charles Hartshorne, Creative Synthesis and Philosophic Method, p. v.