Alfred North Whitehead, Prefatory Note to Susanne K. Langer's "The Practice of Philosophy"

The Practice of Philosophy

Henry Holt and Company, 1930

Alfred North Whitehead

This book contains an admirable short exposition of the aims, methods, and actual achievements of philosophy. Each chapter takes the form of a discussion of some question which must—or, at least, should—be in the mind of any student entering upon a course of philosophical reasoning. Some of the conclusions may be controversial, but the book is admirably clear, and those who disagree can form an exact estimate of the reasons for their dissent. Thus the book serves the purpose of a philosophical introduction and of an exercise in philosophical thought. I have read the book with great interest.

September, 1929

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	Home Essays by Me Essays by Others		Prefatory Note to Susanne K. Langer *The Practice of Philosophy* Henry Holt and Company, 1930 Alfred North Whitehead This book contains an admirable short exposition of the aims, methods, and actual achievements of philosophy. Each chapter takes the form of a discussion of some question which must—or, at least, should—be in the mind of any student entering upon a course of philosophical reasoning. Some of the conclusions may be controversial, but the book is admirably clear, and those who disagree can form an exact estimate of the reasons for their dissent. Thus the book serves the purpose of a philosophical introduction and of an exercise in philosophical thought. I have read the book with great interest. September, 1929 *Posted April 17, 2008* Return to Whitehead Page