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[catalogued under 7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes]

Full Idea

Process philosophy can be phenomenological (as experience and order of cognition), or biological (as fundamental to life and organic existence), or as fundamental to nature and physical existence.

Gist of Idea

Process philosophy is either phenomenological or biological or physical

Source

Nicholas Rescher (Process Metaphysics [1996], 01.10)

A Reaction

Rescher says Whitehead combines all three, but he himself opts for the third, which strikes me as much the best version. The others are potentially both dualist and idealist.

Book Reference

Rescher,Nicholas: 'Process Metaphysics' [SUNY 1996], p.22