Process Studies
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Process Studies is a peer-reviewed and refereed academic journal from the Center for Process Studies. It is the leading international journal in its field, with issues published twice a year. Process Studies is dedicated to the study of the thought and wide-ranging implications of Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) and his intellectual associates, most notably Charles E. Hartshorne (1897–2000), and others like William James (1842–1910), Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914), and Henri Bergson (1859–1941). The mandate of Process Studies is to explore Whiteheadian-Hartshornean process thought at an advanced level and as it appears in related philosophies and theologies (as noted above), applying the Whiteheadian-Hartshornean conceptuality to a wide range of other fields: aesthetics, biology, cosmology, economics, education theory, ethics, history of religions, literary criticism, mathematics, political thought, psychology, physics and other natural sciences, the social sciences, sociology, psychology, Christian theology, and Eastern religions.
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| Individuals: | 1 Year |
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| Online Only | $70 |
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Editors
Editor
Daniel A. Dombrowski
Professor of Philosophy
Seattle University
1206 NE 70th St.
Seattle, WA 98115
ddombrow@seattleu.edu
Managing Editor
Wm. Andrew Schwartz, Center for Process Studies, Claremont School of Theology
Review Editors
Andrew Davis, Center for Process Studies, Claremont School of Theology
Jeanyne Slettom, Process Century Press
Abstracts Editor
Steve Hulbert, Center for Process Studies, Claremont School of Theology
Business Manager
Wm. Andrew Schwartz, Center for Process Studies, Claremont School of Theology
Founding Editor (1971-95)
Lewis S. Ford
Editor (1995-2009)
Barry L. Whitney
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Process Studies
Manuscript submissions should be 6,000-8,000 words in length, including references and notes. Submissions should be typed, double-spaced, and sent by email attachment to the editor, Dr. Daniel A. Dombrowski, at ddombrow@seattleu.edu. Submissions must conform to the style guidelines at https://www.pdcnet.org/process/Submission-Guidelines.
Peer Review Policy: An initial review of the article is completed by the editor, after which two anonymous readers are assigned by the editor. Readers are selected for their area of expertise, which sometimes means selecting external reviewers and sometimes reviewers are on the editorial board. Because the review process is double blind, the journal avoids conflicts of interest to the greatest extent possible.
Featured Articles
Three Forms of Phenomenology and Process Philosophy
Noel Boulting
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ps/article/54/1/45/399512/Three-Forms-of-Phenomenology-and-Process
The Parallels between Process Metaphysics and African Metaphysics
Emmanuel Ofuasia
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ps/article/54/1/67/399509/The-Parallels-between-Process-Metaphysics-and
The Place of Nature in Whitehead's Metaphysics
Benjamin E. Snyder
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ps/article/54/1/88/399513/The-Place-of-Nature-in-Whitehead-s-Metaphysics
Royce, Whitehead, and the Context of Philosophy at Harvard
Randall Auxier
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ps/article/54/2/146/403663/Royce-Whitehead-and-the-Context-of-Philosophy-at
Whitehead's Harvard Legacy: Its Possible Implications for Artificial Intelligence
Ronny Desmet
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ps/article/54/2/165/403667/Whitehead-s-Harvard-Legacy-Its-Possible
Whitehead's Chinese Disciples at Harvard University and Whitehead's Influence on the Development of Modern Chinese Philosophy
Wang Kun
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ps/article/54/2/190/403668/Whitehead-s-Chinese-Disciples-at-Harvard
Whitehead's Organic Education in China
Yang Li; Wen Hongyu
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ps/article/54/2/204/403662/Whitehead-s-Organic-Education-in-China
Langer's Theory of Image and Gestalt and Her “Reception” among Philosophers
Randall Auxier
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ps/article/55/1/5/409015/Langer-s-Theory-of-Image-and-Gestalt-and-Her
Process Philosophy and Complexity Science: Systems Theory, Emergentism, Feedback Loops, and Autopoiesis
Traill Dowie; Julien Tempone-Wiltshire
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ps/article/55/1/28/409017/Process-Philosophy-and-Complexity-Science-Systems
Pan-Perceptualism and Pan-Mnemism: Process Philosophy in Ultrametaphysical Terms
Shajara (Hilan) Bensusan
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ps/article/55/1/49/409019/Pan-Perceptualism-and-Pan-Mnemism-Process
