The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study

About the Institute

  • Overview

    • Ethos
    • The STIAS Campus
    • History
    • Annual Reports
  • Governance

    • Director & Staff
    • Board & Committees
  • Partnerships

    • Partners & Funders
    • Giving to STIAS

Fellowships

  • Details

    • The Experience
    • FAQs
    • Apply now
  • People

    • Present & Past Fellows

News & Impact

  • Ideas

    • Insights from STIAS Fellows
  • Updates

    • News
    • Events
  • Initiatives

    • Nobel in Africa
    • Past Initiatives
Contact Apply Book Facilities
STIAS logo Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study

Ideas

Topic: Metaphysics

Browse ideas by type

Seminars Projects Publications

Explore

All topics

Publication

Everyone flows : a process philosophy of human life

Recommended Citation Dupré, John. (2025). Everyone flows : a process philosophy of human life. Oxford University Press.

John Dupré John Dupré

Project

Process Biology

Since around 500BCE, when Heraclitus declared that everything changes while Parmenides maintained that everything stays the same, the dichotomy of process and substance has been at the heart of Western philosophy.

John Dupré John Dupré

Project

Complexity beyond the real; the integration of the unknown and the unknowable into science

Complexity theory (Boulton et al, 2015) provides an important and potent challenge to the continuing dominance of worldviews informed by classical science.

Jean Boulton Jean Boulton
Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study logo

Address

10 Marais Rd, Mostertsdrift,
Stellenbosch, South Africa

Tel: +27 (0)21 808 2963
Email: stias@sun.ac.za

Social media

Subscribe to our newsletter

Quick links

  • Ethos
  • History
  • Annual Reports
  • Director & Staff

© 2026 STIAS

Cookie Settings

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, serve personalized ads or content, and analyze our traffic. By clicking "Accept All", you consent to our use of cookies. Read more in our Privacy Policy.

Strictly necessary cookies

Some of our infrastructure and services require the use of cookies for proper functioning, e.g. session cookies, load balancing, authentication.

Analytics cookies

We use cookies to anonymously measure audience, usage, and performance, to be able to better serve you.