Rethinking Nature: Essays in Environmental PhilosophyBruce V. Foltz, Robert Frodeman Indiana University Press, 2004 - 357 pages A landmark volume for defining the terrain of environmental philosophy Rethinking Nature brings the voices of leading Continental philosophers into discussion about what is emerging as one of our most pressing and timely concerns - the environmental crisis facing our planet. The essays featured in this volume embrace environmental philosophy in its broadest sense and include topics such as environmental ethics, environmental aesthetics, ontology, theology, gender and the environment, and the role of science and technology in forming knowledge about our world. Here, philosophy goes out into the field and comes back with rich insights and new approaches to environmental problems. |
Contents
THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF NATURE | 2 |
The Uncanny Goodness of Being Edible to Bears | 13 |
Trees and Truth or Why We Are Really All Druids | 32 |
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