Whitehead called his own view of the cosmos "the philosophy of organism." Over the nearly-a-century since he wrote the book on it, though, the name has become cemented as "process philosophy". That has also given rise to such related terms as "process theology." Nobody seems to say "philosophy of organism." In the early going of his book, PROCESS AND REALITY, Whitehead quotes a Latin phrase he attributes to Augustine. He does not assist with an English translation. Securus judicat orbis terrarium. I thought for a second it meant that Augustine had a turtle residing securely in his terrarium and that the turtle was getting judgmental. So I thought, "why would one name a pet turtle Orbis?" Hence the image for this blog post. But no, the Latin phrase means: " the whole world judges rightly." Don't put yourself in a position of saying "the whole rest of the world, but for me and my small cult, is wrong." Judgm...