The Organisation of Thought, Educational and Scientific

The Organisation of Thought: Educational and Scientific
by Alfred North Whitehead
4176113The Organisation of Thought: Educational and ScientificAlfred North Whitehead


THE ORGANISATION
OF THOUGHT

EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC


BY

A. N. WHITEHEAD, Sc.D., F.R.S.

FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND PROFESSOR OF
APPLIED MATHEMATICS AT THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


LONDON
WILLIAMS AND NORGATE
14 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C.2

1917


Contents

Preface

Chapter I: The Aims of Education — A Plea for Reform

Chapter II: Technical Education and Its Relation to Science and Literature

Chapter III: A Polytechnic in Wartime

Chapter IV: The Mathematical Curriculum

Chapter V: The Principles of Mathematics in Relation to Elementary Teaching

Chapter VI: The Organisation of Thought

Chapter VII: The Anatomy of Some Scientific Ideas

Chapter VIII: Space, Time, and Relativity