Process philosophy holds that reality is fundamentally characterized by becoming, change, and process rather than static being or substance. Whitehead argues actual occasions (events) rather than substances are fundamental.
Ancient roots: Heraclitus. Bergson developed vitalist process philosophy. Whitehead systematized in "Process and Reality" (1929). Process theology developed.
Heraclitus, Henri Bergson, Alfred North Whitehead, Charles Hartshorne.
Becoming over being. Actual occasions as fundamental. Process and creativity. Relationality. Organic interconnection. Temporality and duration. Process theology.
Influenced theology through process theology. Relevant to philosophy of biology and ecology. Contemporary physics resonates with process ideas. Challenges substance metaphysics.
