In Modes of Thought, Whitehead also observes that «importance» is a «generic notion» and, therefore, has a fundamental role in the philosophy of organism; it is an intrinsic aspect of the central theme of purposefulness in Whitehead's metaphysics (MT 11). (religion-online.org)
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the ethos of these classrooms is similar to what one might find at an athletic practice or theater rehearsal — an ethos that combines playfulness with purposefulness, drawing together the warm virtue of passion and interest with the cooler virtues of intellectual demand. (gse.harvard.edu)
It may, and too often does, diminish the idea of purposefulness by proclaiming an array of inexplicable dogmas. (religion-online.org)