actual occasions

actual occasions
The final real things in the universe, that are "experiential" in nature rather than strictly material. The most basic thing or construct in the universe. Some Whitehead scholars would hold that trillions of Actual Occasions comprise one . Actual occasions make up everything, even empty space:

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