Sentences with phrase «environmental philosophy»

Recently many environmental philosophers in the West have come to agree.6 One of the most influential among them is J. Baird Callicott, professor of philosophy and natural resources at the University of Wisconsin, author of numerous influential works on environmental ethics and foremost interpreter of the pioneer of Western environmental philosophy, Aldo Leopold.

Dr. David Henderson teaches environmental philosophy at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC.

Its purpose, like that of Gross and Levitt's earlier book, Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science, is to counter the trend towards unreason represented by such movements as social constructivism, feminist epistemology, eco-feminism, radical environmental philosophy, deconstructionism, and afrocentrism.

The task of this essay is to indicate resources in contemporary environmental philosophy that can contribute to a Christian embodiment of creation consciousness.

Selected exhibitions include Gridspace, New York; POP Gallery, Queensland, Australia; JayJay Gallery, Sacramento, California; Art Fair Miami; RKL Gallery, New York; the Painting Center, New York; the Portland Art Museum; and the Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT. Bengtson has lectured on environmental thought at International Environmental Philosophy and Biodiversity Conservation Conferences in the US, Canada, and South America.

And there has been no cohesive environmental philosophy.

Mixed in with the lectures on Global Warming are formulations of Crichton's more general environmental philosophy — that a new politico - legal - media complex has taken over control from the military industrial complex, and is dedicated to controlling the population by promoting a state of fear about false environmental scares like catastrophic Global Warming.

In 2010 Indigenous scientist and Nyikina Traditional Custodian Dr Anne Poelina travelled from her home in Broome to a remote Kiowa Indian community retreat at Redstone, Oklahoma to attend the first International Summit on Indigenous Environmental Philosophy.

It is true that, for some people, environmental philosophies, and even environmental spiritualities, are a replacement for Marxist and other meaning systems that no longer seem plausible.

Baird Callicott, «Traditional American Indian and Western European Attitudes Toward Nature: An Overview,» Environmental Ethics 4:4 (1982): 293 - 318; J. Donald Hughes, «The Environmental Ethics of the Pythagoreans,» Environmental Ethics 2:3 (1980): 195 - 213; Walter H. O'Briant, «Leibniz's Contribution to Environmental Philosophy» Environmental Ethics 2:3 (1980): 215 - 220; George Sessions.

Environmental philosophy is a growing subdiscipline within Western philosophy, characterized by the assumption that traditional Western metaphysics and moral theory are inadequate to the solution of environmental problems and that in our age alternative, ecological world views and axiologies are needed.

He spells this out most fully in an essay, «The Encouraging Richness and Diversity of Ultimate Premises in Environmental Philosophy.»

In Defense of the Land Ethic: Essays in Environmental Philosophy.

Although they're beloved by many, the trans fats and other suspect ingredients in the cookies conflict with Chris's nutritional and environmental philosophies, yet she has a daughter who's now old enough to join the Girl Scouts (and would surely be asked to sell them).

Arne Naess was not only one of the most influential thinkers in environmental philosophy, he was a person who embodied his quest for an ever deeper ecology.

A full 20 pages of scientific references follow, along with a few pages of the author's comments on his environmental philosophy and what he feels should be done to fix the State of Fear created by the politico - legal - media complex.

It makes sense that many tiny home dwellers choose to fulfill some or all of their energy needs with a photovoltaic (PV) solar system, since it decreases dependence on utility companies and meshes with the environmental philosophy behind going tiny.

My environmental philosophy is neither antropocentric but (weakly) biocentric.

The building's contemporary design, environmental philosophy and inexpensive small units have already attracted several small businesses, artists, and start - ups that are a vital part of Providence's growing creative economy.

This firm's environmental philosophy goes all the way down to the nuts and bolts.