实体的放逐与过程的拯救——论怀特海对西方实体观的终结和超越

The Exile of Substance and the Salvation of Process——On Ending and Surpassing View of Substance in the West by Whitehead

自古希腊亚里士多德以降的传统实体观虽历经笛卡尔、英国经验论者乃至近现代哲学家的持续批判与修正,但由于因袭"实体—属性"的本体论信条和"主词—谓词"的逻辑学立场,始终无法摆脱困境。经由早期科学哲学时期的酝酿和准备,提出以"事件"终结"实体",到晚期过程哲学,主张以"过程原理"超越"传统实体观",怀特海给出的独创性解答,为我们摆脱传统实体观的束缚而认识世界开启了一扇别样的窗户。

Though Aristotle＇s traditional View of Substance was criticized and modified continuously by Descartes、empiricists and modern philosophers,they could not get rid of the predicament,because of the Ontology ＇substance-attribution＇ and the Logic ＇subject-predicate＇.Because of the early preparation in scientific philosophy period,Whitehead proposed using ＇event＇ to end ＇substance＇,and in the advanced stage of process philosophy,he argued using ＇process principle＇ to surpass ＇the traditional View of Substance＇,Whitehead proposed his original opinion which help us slip the leash of the traditional View of Substance and provide a new point of view to understand the world.