Charles Hartshorne Quotes on Knowledge
Charles Hartshorne was an American philosopher and the principal interpreter and developer of Whitehead's process metaphysics. This page collects quotes attributed to Charles Hartshorne on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“The Logic of Perfection and Other Essays in Neoclassical Metaphysics (1962) p. viii”
Speculative Philosophy is the endeavour to frame a coherent, logical, necessary system of general ideas in terms of which every element of our experience can be interpreted. By this notion of 'interpretation' I mean that everything of which we are conscious, as enjoyed, perceived, willed, or thought, shall have the character of a particular instance of the general scheme. -
“The Philosophy of Charles Hartshorne (1991), edited by Lewis Edwin Hahn, p. 700”
My ultimate intuitive clue in philosophy is that " God is love " and that the idea of God is definable as that of the being worthy to be loved with all one’s heart , mind , soul , and entire being . -
“In Herbert F. Vetter, " Not The Average Philosopher ", Harvard Magazine , May/June 1997, Volume 99, Number 5. Vetter was surprised by this, given Hartshorne's dozens of substantial books on theology.”
I think my great book is Born to Sing: An Interpretation and World Survey of Bird Song . -
“Do you remember which way I was heading?”
In Herbert F. Vetter, " Not The Average Philosopher ", Harvard Magazine , May/June 1997, Volume 99, Number 5. Recounting Hartshorne's legendary absent-mindedness. -
“In Herbert F. Vetter, " Not The Average Philosopher ", Harvard Magazine , May/June 1997, Volume 99, Number 5. Recounting Hartshorne's legendary absent-mindedness.”
Do you remember which way I was heading?