What does withness mean?
Withness means (philosophy) The quality of being or doing with something..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(philosophy) The quality of being or doing with something..
Whitehead passionately denies this premise, and asserts repeatedly that the root of all perception is the "withness of the body." We see with our eyes; we taste with our palate.
Nonetheless, there is an incipient potentiality even here, where the step can move eventfully in a withness of movement moving that exceeds the predomination of the ground: the step can become a spiral.
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Withness means (philosophy) The quality of being or doing with something..
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Whitehead passionately denies this premise, and asserts repeatedly that the root of all perception is the "withness of the body." We see with our eyes; we taste with our palate.
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