ABSTRACT
FortyyearsagoA.N.Whiteheadlaidhisfingeronwhatheconsideredto betheoriginalerrorofthe'mechanistictheoryofnature',atthattime -andeventoday,verylargely-'theorthodoxcreedofphysicalscience'. HedenominatedittheFallacyofSimpleLocation,anddescribeditas theassumptionthat
'assoonasyouhavesettled,howeveryoudosettle,whatyoumeanby adefiniteplaceinspace-time,youcanadequatelystatetherelationof aparticularmaterialbodytospace-timebysayingthatitisjustthere, inthatparticularplace;and,sofarassimplelocationisconcerned, thereisnothingmoretobesaidonthesubject'.1
