Center for Process Studies

Center for Process Studies Conducting research and providing resources on holistic thinking for the advancement of wellbeing. Cobb, Jr.

Influenced by the work of philosopher and mathematician Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947), CPS was founded in 1973 by professors John B. and David Ray Griffin to conduct cutting edge interdisciplinary research guided by the view that interconnection, change, and intrinsic value are core features of the universe. CPS seeks to harmonize fragmented disciplinary thinking in order to develop more integrated and holistic modes of thought. Through innovative conferences, courses, and events, a visiting scholars program, several book series, a peer-reviewed journal, and the world’s largest library/archives of process-relational thought, CPS explores the implications of process principles across a range of disciplines and topics in science, ecology, psychology, philosophy, religion, education, art, political theory, and more.

This six-session course taught by Josh Hogins and Matt Segall introduces students to Alfred North Whitehead’s process ph...
10/06/2026

This six-session course taught by Josh Hogins and Matt Segall introduces students to Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy, emphasizing its application to modern science and cosmology. It explores the applications of process thought to physics, biology, and neuroscience, as well as its potential for integrating natural science and the humanities.

Learn more & sign up: https://portal.ctr4process.org/offerings/process-thought-science-2026/

Claremont School of Theology (CST), in collaboration with the Center for Process Studies (CPS), is thrilled to announced...
10/05/2026

Claremont School of Theology (CST), in collaboration with the Center for Process Studies (CPS), is thrilled to announced the launch of Claremont International University (CIU), a new educational initiative bringing a distinctive process-relational and globally engaged approach to graduate education. Grounded in process-relational thought and a whole-person approach to education, the program places particular emphasis on the role of education in contributing to the emergence of an ecological civilization—one committed to human and planetary flourishing. Applications are now open for the inaugural Spring 2027 cohort.

Learn more: https://ctr4process.org/cst-launches-claremont-international-university-ciu-in-collaboration-with-cps/

To affirm is not to bear, carry, or harness oneself to that which exists, but on the contrary to unburden, unharness, an...
10/04/2026

To affirm is not to bear, carry, or harness oneself to that which exists, but on the contrary to unburden, unharness, and set free that which lives.

-Gilles Deleuze, Essays Critical and Clinical, p. 100

In the face of an increasingly serious global ecological crisis, people around the world must work together to explore n...
10/03/2026

In the face of an increasingly serious global ecological crisis, people around the world must work together to explore new pathways toward civilizational transformation.

The 19th International Forum on Ecological Civilization will be held at HELP University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from November 1 to 5, 2026. The Second Ecological Entrepreneurs Conference and the Eighth International Youth Forum on Ecological Civilization will be held concurrently.

The theme of this year’s forum is Building an Eco-Friendly Civilization Together: Ecological Civilization, Ecological Enterprise, and Inner Ecology.

Scholars, entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, young researchers, and others engaged in the study and practice of ecological civilization are warmly invited to submit an abstract and apply to speak at the forum.

Abstract requirement: An abstract of approximately 500 words in either Chinese or English
Submission deadline: October 20, 2026

Learn more & submit an abstract: https://ctr4process.org/call-for-papers-the-19th-international-forum-on-ecological-civilization/

In this session of Process Explorations, Bishop Mary Ann Swenson will reflect on her recent experience with the World Co...
10/02/2026

In this session of Process Explorations, Bishop Mary Ann Swenson will reflect on her recent experience with the World Council of Churches Reference Group on the Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity. The group met in Vancouver, British Columbia to discuss the theology of Companionship as it relates to faith and order, climate justice, education and ecumenical formation, and international affairs. Following the presentation, there will be discussion of process thought and relational theology to explore connections between these topics and what Bishop Swenson presented.

Learn more & RSVP: https://ctr4process.org/event/continuing-pilgrimage-of-justice-reconciliation-and-unity-with-mary-ann-swenson/

The idea that something can be present at every place has engendered much discussion both in the past and at present. Ty...
10/01/2026

The idea that something can be present at every place has engendered much discussion both in the past and at present. Typically, omnipresence is thought to be a divine attribute, but the question as to how something can be omnipresent has not been historically confined to the status of a divine being. The Oxford Handbook of Omnipresence offers an insight into historical accounts of omnipresence and its developments in ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary thought. It further widens the study of omnipresence by including less widely studied strands of thought on this topic from mystical, process theological, feminist theological, and phenomenological perspectives. Additionally, whilst the study of omnipresence has typically focused on Christian thinkers, the volume broadens the range of voices on this attribute further by including Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, Sanskrit, and Donghak accounts. The Handbook provides an introduction to the main facets of omnipresence, both historical and contemporary, and opens up new avenues for research that are yet to be fully explored.

Get a copy: https://ctr4process.org/new-book/the-oxford-handbook-of-omnipresence/

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of a defeat; but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first st...
09/30/2026

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of a defeat; but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress towards a victory.

-Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World, p. 267

Nothing [is] momentous enough to monopolize the whole of life to the exclusion of laughter.-Alfred North Whitehead, Dial...
09/27/2026

Nothing [is] momentous enough to monopolize the whole of life to the exclusion of laughter.

-Alfred North Whitehead, Dialogues of A. N. Whitehead: As Recorded by Lucien Price, p. 55

In the latest post on the CPS blog, Ruth Kastner carries Iain McGilchrist's thesis about the divided brain into the foun...
09/26/2026

In the latest post on the CPS blog, Ruth Kastner carries Iain McGilchrist's thesis about the divided brain into the foundations of physics. The quantum level, she argues, is the true Master, and the classical world only its Emissary: a user interface between the observer and the whole of physical reality. Reading that asymmetry through the Taoist pairing of Yang and Yin, she shows how Western science has built itself on Yang-only assumptions of unilateral emission, locality, and separable objects, and how restoring the neglected Yin element (the active response of absorbers, formalized in the Transactional Interpretation) dissolves the measurement problem while recasting nonlocality and indeterminacy as features rather than defects. She closes by aligning the account with Whitehead's prehension, suggesting that physics' long avoidance of process philosophy rests on an unexamined loyalty to Cartesian dead matter.

Read the full piece: https://ctr4process.org/article/the-quantum-master-and-its-classical-emissary/

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