The Function of Reason Author:Alfred North Whitehead Long out of print, this Whitehead classic has retained its position as one of the seminal works of an outstanding world scholar, mathematician, and philosopher. Here it is offered, of course, in the complete text. — In this book, as is well known, Reason is considered in its relation to two contrasting aspects of history: the slow decay of physi... more »cal nature and the upward course of biological evolution.« less