The foundational assumption of modern science is 'the order of nature'—the belief that nature exhibits a mathematical/logical order; this order can also be understood as an aesthetic order.

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Whitehead Lecturer

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the basic presupposition of science which he calls the order of nature...the mathematical order of nature...he also calls it an aesthetic order

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A History of Philosophy | 63 Whitehead's "Science and Modern World"wheatoncollege
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:01:02 PM

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