We must remember that Whitehead is not a metaphysician seeking to describe the ultimate facts of existence (so WM 17 - 20), but
a realist philosopher of science remarking on uniquely human matters such as perception and freedom.
Not exact matches
Among
philosophers of science the «idealists» emphasize the role
of man's mind and the structure
of ideas, while the «
realists» emphasize the objective structure
of the physical world.