The Mind of Charles Hartshorne: A Critical Examination

Charles Hartshorne is widely regarded as an important figure in twentieth-century philosophy. His wide-ranging and diverse contributions encompass both philosophy and science--aesthetics metaphysics the history of philosophy philosophical theology numerous topics of applied philosophy psychology and ornithology. He championed the aspirations of metaphysics when it was unfashionable and the metaphysic he championed helped change some of the fashions of philosophy.In writing this magisterial compendium of Hartshornes life and thought authors Donald Wayne Viney and George W. Shields--two acknowledged authorities on Hartshorne--had two main aims. First to give a reasonably comprehensive account of Hartshornes philosophy with an eye to presenting his best arguments and correcting some misunderstandings of his views appearing in the critical literature. Second to update the field of Hartshorne scholarship by including later work by Hartshorne himself and more recent criticism. With these goals the authors have produced an updated wide-ranging and sustained critical overviewof Hartshornes thinking the kind of project not seen since Eugene Peterss landmark study half a century ago. This book is likely be the definitive study of its kind on the life and thought of Charles Hartshorne for some years to come an indispensable guide for students process philosophers Hartshorne scholars and the educated public at large. May it stimulate further reflection and scholarly research on this truly great and long-lived genius of American philosophical thought!