New Visions of Nature Complexity and Authenticity /

Contemporary visions of nature have been deeply affected by the ongoing interaction and interpenetration of science, nature, and society. These new visions appear to be more complex than older visions of nature and at the same time they seem to challenge our notions of authenticity. "New Vision...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Drenthen, Martin A. M. (Editor ), Keulartz, F.W. Jozef (Editor ), Proctor, James (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Temas:
Philosophy of nature.
Environment.
Biology-Philosophy.
Conservation biology.
Ecology .
Biotechnology.
Control engineering.
Robotics.
Automation.
Philosophy of Nature.
Environmental Sciences.
Philosophy of Biology.
Conservation Biology.
Control, Robotics, Automation.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Nature in Motion
  • Public Visions of Nature
  • Technological Nature - And the Problem When Good Enough Becomes Good
  • They Could Have Used a Robot: Technology, Nature Experience and Human Flourishing
  • The Authenticity of Nature: An Exploration of Lay People's Interpretations in the Netherlands
  • The Hierarchical and Unconscious Mind: Reflections on the Authenticity of Nature
  • The Trouble with Plovers
  • About Snowy Plovers, Lapwings and Wolves: How to Include Contrasting Visions of Ecologists and Laymen in Decision-Making
  • The Genomics View of Nature
  • Detachment, Genomics and the Nature of Being Human
  • The Detached Animal - On the Technical Nature of Being Human
  • Metagenomic Metaphors: New Images of the Human from 'Translational' Genomic Research
  • The Metagenomic World-View: A Comment on Eric T. Juengst's 'Metagenomic Metaphors'
  • Genomics Metaphors and Genetic Determinism
  • Maps and the Taxonomic Style
  • Philosophy of Landscape and Place
  • "Thinking Like a Mountain": Ethics and Place as Travelling Concepts
  • Towards an Epistemology of Place
  • Developing Nature Along Dutch Rivers: Place or Non-Place
  • Restoring Nature in a Mobile Society
  • Between Nativism and Cosmopolitanism: Framing and Reframing in Invasion Biology
  • Further Towards a Continuum Between Nativism and Cosmopolitanism
  • Conclusions
  • Nature, Technology and the Human Condition.

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