Etymology

actual occasions

Today it means: The final real things in the universe, that are "experiential" in nature rather than strictly material. The most basic thing or construct in the universe. Some Whitehead scholars would hold that trillions of Actual Occasions compose one quark. Actual occasions make up everything, even empty space Full definition →

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Coined by Alfred North Whitehead.

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