Speculative Empiricism：Revisiting Whitehead

Aradicallynewphilosophyofexperienceandspeculation,basedonareadingofWhitehead’sProcessandRealityCanexperiencebethoughtsystematicallywithouttransformingtherichnessoftheworldasitislivedintoreductivephilosophicalgeneralities?Canthemethodofempiricismeverbereconciledwithamethodofsystematiccosmologicalspeculation?DidierDebaise’sreadingofWhiteheadshowsclearlywhataphilosophythatmakesthispossiblelookslike,howitworksandwhatisatstake.HefocusesinonWhitehead’sattempttoconstructametaphysicalsystemofeverythingintheuniversethatexistswhilstsimultaneouslyclaimingthatitcanaccountforeveryelementofourexperience:everythingenjoyedandperceived,willedorthought.