Ariel, Robert A. “A Mathematical Root of Whitehead’s Cosmological Thought.” Process Studies 4, no.2 (Summer, 1974): 107-113.

Abstract

By means of a close examination of Whitehead's 1905 paper "on mathematical concepts of the material world" it is argued that the formal mathematical approach of his early work had an influence on Whitehead's later thought.  Specifically, parallels are drawn between aspects of the possible world views developed in the 1905 paper and Whitehead's later cosmology.  Finally, comment is made on the widely differing effects of the influence of the formal method on the thought of Whitehead and Bertrand Russell.  [Abstract from The Philosophers Index]