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Philosophizing ad infinitum : infinite nature, infinite philosophy /
"In Philosophizing ad Infinitum, one of his most remarkable and daring books, Conche articulates a unique and powerful understanding of nature, inclusive of humanity, as infinite in time and space - ever self-renewing, eternal, and beyond complete understanding or control. In today's world...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
[2014]
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| Colección: | SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In Philosophizing ad Infinitum, one of his most remarkable and daring books, Conche articulates a unique and powerful understanding of nature, inclusive of humanity, as infinite in time and space - ever self-renewing, eternal, and beyond complete understanding or control. In today's world the notion of infinity is at the core of the crisis humanity faces understanding nature. For the last two hundred years economies have been running at full speed, fueled by the implicit belief that natural resources are infinite; however, it is clear that they are not and that humanity needs to radically rethink the foundations of environmental and economic systems. Conche seeks to begin this rethinkinf, inllustrating along the way insightful and sometimes unorthodox ideas about Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Montaigne, Nietzsche, Bergson, and others |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 196 pages .) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-165) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781438451909 1438451903 |