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666Philosophy, Civilization, and the Global Ecological Crisis: The Challenge of Process Metaphysics to Scientific MaterialismPhilosophy Today 44 (3): 283-294. 2000.Developing MacIntyre’s metaphilosophy, Whitehead’s contention that philosophy ‘is the most effective of all the intellectual pursuits’ is elucidated and defended. It is argued that the narratives through which philosophical ideas are evaluated can refigure the stories constituting societies. In this way philosophical ideas become practically effective and come to be embodied in institutions. This is illustrated by the challenge by process philosophy to scientific materialism in the face of an im…Read more
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