Whiteheads occasions of experience are fundamentally relational
Is it true that Whiteheads occasions of experience are fundamentally relational?
Yes. Scholarly literature on Whitehead's process philosophy overwhelmingly supports the view that actual occasions and process-based entities are fundamentally relational and defined by internal relations rather than simple location.
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The retrieved papers consistently characterize Whitehead's actual occasions and process ontology as inherently relational, rejecting substantialist metaphysics and simple location in favor of internal relations and co-creative interdependence.
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Kaplický, M. (2011). Aesthetics in the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.33134/eeja.82
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Sayapin, V. O. (2025). The Becoming of Being: Process Ontology of Whitehead and Transductive Individuation of Simondon. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.25136/2409-8728.2025.7.75276
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Ferrari, F. M. (2021). PROCESS-BASED ENTITIES ARE RELATIONAL STRUCTURES. From Whitehead to Structuralism. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-6045.2021.v44n1.ff
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H, B., S, B., J, H., A, C., & D, C. (2021). From ego to eco: re-orienting for processual ontology in the "Dao-Field".. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-021-10028-w
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A, G. & J, A. (2020). When the Part Mirrors the Whole: Interactions Beyond "Simple Location".. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.523885
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The retrieved papers consistently characterize Whitehead's actual occasions and process ontology as inherently relational, rejecting substantialist metaphysics and simple location in favor of internal relations and co-creative interdependence.
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