This is not to say that Whitehead's thought was widely accepted or even well-understood. His philosophical work is generally considered to be among the most difficult to understand in all of the western canon. Even professional philosophers struggled to follow Whitehead's writings. One famous story illustrating the level of difficulty of Whitehead's philosophy centers around the delivery of Whitehead's Gifford lectures in 1927–28 – following Arthur Eddington's lectures of the year previous – which Whitehead would later publish as Process and Reality: COUNT 7
QSN1 What is the general opinion of the difficulty level of Whitehead's work in philosophy? ANS1 generally considered to be among the most difficult to understand in all of the western canon QSN2 What lectures did Whitehead present in 1927-28? ANS2 Gifford lectures QSN3 Under what name were those lectures later published? ANS3 Process and Reality QSN4 Who also struggled to follow Whitehead's writings? ANS4 professional philosophers QSN5 Following Arthur Eddington's lectures, what did Whitehead  publish? ANS5 Process and Reality QSN6 When did Whitehead delivery the Gifford lectures? ANS6 1927–28 QSN7 In all of the western canon, what is Whitehead's work considered? ANS7 the most difficult to understand