The Symposium on the 100th Anniversary of Publishing “An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge” in honour of Alfred North Whitehead was held at UIC on 14 December.
Organised by UIC’s Whole Person Education Office (WPEO) and Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, the symposium gathered 20 scholars from Mainland China, Taiwan, the US, Italy and other regions.
Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) was a British mathematician and philosopher best known for his work in mathematical logic and the philosophy of science.
In collaboration with Bertrand Russell, Whitehead co-authored the landmark three-volume Principia Mathematica. He was instrumental in pioneering the approach to metaphysics, which is now known as process philosophy. His theory in “The Aims of Education” in 1929 has had a profound influence on western education.
During the eight-hour symposium, keynote speeches were given by Prof Yu Yih-hsien from Tunghai University, Taiwan, and Prof Yang Fubin from Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai.
Prof Yu Yih-hsien points out the contemporary meaning of Whitehead's philosophy
Prof Yang Fubin analyses the development of Whitehead's theories
Also presented their research ideas were academics from Grand Valley State University, Willamette University, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Harbin Normal University, Zhejiang Normal University, South China Normal University, Beijing International Studies University, Sun Yat-sen University and more.
Director of WPEO Prof Guo Haipeng presents his research
Sharing sessions
Participants of the symposium
Photographer: Ivy Liao
Editors: Deen He, Samuel Burgess
(from MPRO)
