Ford, Lewis S.  "Nancy Frankenberry's Conception of the Power of the Past."  American Journal of Theology & Philosophy 14, no. 3 (Sept. 1993): 287-300.

Abstract

George Kline, Ivor Leclerc, and others claim that Whitehead saw creativity as simply inherent in each occasion as it arose. As one critic put it, creativity simply wells up from within. Nancy Frankenberry marshals evidence which suggests that creativity comes from the past. Kline and Leclerc base their interpretation of "Process and Reality", which forces them to explain away "Adventures of Ideas", and Frankenberry does the reverse. The best way of preserving both sets of texts is to admit that Whitehead simply changed his mind on this point. He does not actually say, in the latter texts, that creativity comes from past actualities. This would not be possible, for to be past is to be devoid of creativity. Rather, creativity is associated with the past actual world of an occasion, which is identical with its initial phase. I argue that creativity is best understood as not coming from the past, but from God.  [Abstract from The Philosopher's Index]