Leibniz and the Environment

ISBN-13: 9781138580824 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 196 str.

Pauline Phemister

Opis

In this thought-provoking book, Pauline Phemister sketches an ecological philosophy based on the systematic philosophy of seventeenth century polymath, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Leibniz and the Environment is essential reading for historians of philosophy and environmental philosophers, and for anyone seeking a metaphysical perspective from which to pursue environmental action and policy.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Ecological Philosophy: Descartes and Spinoza  2. Outline of Leibniz’s Philosophy  3. Leibniz’s Legacy  4. Organic and Inorganic Nature  5. Relationality and Value  6. Space, Place, and Value  7. Expressive Communication and Empathy  8. Past, Present, Future.  Index

O autorze

Pauline Phemister is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She is author of Leibniz and the Natural World and The Rationalists: Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz. Among her other books is a co-edited interdisciplinary volume Human-Environment Relations: Transformative Values in Theory and Practice.