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How Far Behind Appearance?

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c. H. WADDINGTON , FRS, embryologist, author of The Scientific Attitude and many works on genetics, and a keen student of modern art, in conversation with DENIS DUERDEN , art critic.
In his recent book Behind Appearance, on the impact of science on painting, C. H. Waddington relates how the Philosopher A. N. Whitehead proposed a description of the world similar to the appearance of some types of modern Painting. This conversation takes Whitehead's account as its starting point, followed by an interlude

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H. Waddington
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Denis Duerden
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C. H. Waddington
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A. N. Whitehead
Source: Radio Times

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