{"product_id":"2940196351891","title":"Process Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eProcess Essays, Volume I explores a radical but increasingly influential philosophical idea: - \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ereality is not fundamentally made of things, but of processes - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross a series of interconnected essays, Ayesha Jasmin and Azalea Jasmin challenge the assumptions of traditional substance-based thinking—the belief that objects, identities, and essences exist independently and persist unchanged beneath the surface of experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its place, they present a process-oriented framework in which stability emerges from dynamic relations, continuity arises from ongoing activity, and what we call \"things\" are temporary patterns within larger flows of becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on philosophy, cognitive science, systems theory, Buddhist thought, and contemporary physics, the book examines questions of identity, consciousness, causation, ethics, perception, and social organization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is a self if there is no permanent essence? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow should we understand responsibility if identity is a process rather than a substance? What happens to our understanding of reality when relation becomes more fundamental than object?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for both general readers and serious students of philosophy, Process Essays, Volume I offers an accessible introduction to process-based thinking while advancing a distinctive vision of reality as dynamic, relational, and continuously unfolding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than asking what things are, these essays ask a deeper question:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if reality is not made of things at all, but of ongoing patterns of becoming?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e----------\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Azalea Jasmin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48238325137649,"sku":"2940196351891","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940196351891_p0.jpg?v=1780327468","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940196351891","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}