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The Function of Reason by Alfred North Whitehead

The Function of Reason: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Function of Reason runs 2.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ray Childs (about 1.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.6listening hrs
Non-Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Function of Reason at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day6 days
1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 2.6 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf

1,139 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2014 recording read by Albert A. Anderson runs about the same length (2.6 hours).

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Function of Reason is an audiobook by Alfred North Whitehead: a 2.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Ray Childs, released September 7, 2016, on the Non-Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.6 hrs
Narrated by
Ray Childs
Released
September 7, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-Fiction
ISBN
9781518935138

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Function of Reason as an audiobook?

The Function of Reason runs 2.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.7 hours.

Is The Function of Reason free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Function of Reason?

The Function of Reason is narrated by Ray Childs.