What does "prehensive" mean?

Of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.

What is a synonym for "prehensive"?

Common synonyms include: cognitive, conceptual, introspective, meditative, mental, musing.

Prehensive

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Of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.
"In Faraday's vision of the interpenetrability of matter, or in Whitehead's vision of the prehensive unification of space-time, is expressed the Unitive state of the mystic."

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cognitive conceptual introspective meditative mental musing

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"In Faraday's vision of the interpenetrability of matter, or in Whitehead's vision of the prehensive unification of space-time, is expressed the Unitive state of the mystic."

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