Whitehead, Alfred North

Japanese: ホワイトヘッド(英語表記)Whitehead, Alfred North
Whitehead, Alfred North
Born: 15 February 1861, Ramsgate
[Died] December 30, 1947. Cambridge, Massachusetts. British philosopher and mathematician. Lecturer at Cambridge University in 1885, professor at London University in 1914 and at Harvard University in 1924. Influenced by Leibniz, H. Grassmann, and G. Boole, he attempted to consider mathematics in terms of symbolic logic, and contributed to the establishment of logicism with his Principia Mathematica (3 volumes, 1910-13), co-authored with B. Russell. He then moved to natural philosophy and attempted a philosophical consideration of physics, and after moving to the United States in 1924, he entered the world of philosophy and metaphysics, attempting a cosmological consideration of the world. He also contributed to the field of educational philosophy. His major works include An Enquiry concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge (19), The Concept of Nature (20), Science and the Modern World (25), Symbolism (28), Process and Reality (29), The Function of Reason (29), Adventures of Ideas (33), and Nature and Life (34).

Whitehead
Whitehead, Robert

Born 3 January 1823 at Boltonmoor, Lancashire
[Died] November 14, 1905. Beckett, Berkshire. British engineer. After working in Manchester and Marseilles, he opened a factory in Milan in 1847. In 1856, he worked for Stabilimento Tecnico Fumano in Fiume, former Yugoslavia, researching torpedoes for Austria. He completed his torpedo in 1966. He later bought the company and invented a more accurate torpedo with an auxiliary engine to increase speed and a steering regulator.

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Japanese:
[生]1861.2.15. ラムズゲート
[没]1947.12.30. マサチューセッツ,ケンブリッジ
イギリスの哲学者,数学者。 1885年ケンブリッジ大学講師,1914年ロンドン,24年ハーバード各大学教授。ライプニッツや H.グラスマン,G.ブールの影響を受けて数学の記号論理学的考察を試み,B.ラッセルとの共著『プリンキピア・マテマティカ』 Principia Mathematica (3巻,1910~13) により,論理主義の確立に貢献。次いで自然哲学へ進んで物理学の哲学的考察を試み,24年アメリカに渡ってからは哲学,形而上学の思索に入り,世界の宇宙論的考察を試みた。また教育哲学の領域にも貢献した。主著『自然認識の諸原理』 An Enquiry concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge (19) ,『自然という概念』 The Concept of Nature (20) ,『科学と近代世界』 Science and the Modern World (25) ,『象徴主義』 Symbolism (28) ,『過程と実在』 Process and Reality (29) ,『理性の機能』 The Function of Reason (29) ,『観念の冒険』 Adventures of Ideas (33) ,『自然と生命』 Nature and Life (34) 。

ホワイトヘッド
Whitehead, Robert

[生]1823.1.3. ランカシャー,ボルトンルームーア
[没]1905.11.14. バークシャー,ベケット
イギリスの技師。マンチェスター,マルセイユで勤めたのち,1847年ミラノで工場を開き,56年より旧ユーゴスラビアのフューメにあったスタビリメント・テクニコ・フューマーノ社でオーストリアのため魚雷の研究に従事。 66年に魚雷を完成した。その後同社を買取り,さらに補助発動機により速度を速め,操舵調整器を備える精確度の高い魚雷を発明した。

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