Environmentalism in the age of Biologism

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://def-journal.eu/index.php/def/article/view/4/4" target="_blank" >http://def-journal.eu/index.php/def/article/view/4/4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Environmentalism in the age of Biologism

Original language description

One of the main areas of concern for environmentalists is nature. But what does it really mean for contemporary western man? What does it mean for biologists and for environ-mentalists? Many environmental philosophers have contributed to these topics (e.g. Mer-chant, 1990, Plumwood, 1993), nevertheless the question has remained painfully unsolved until recent times. This paper provides the author's brief interpretation of the crucial mo-ments in modern philosophy concerning our understanding of nature and what nature means for today's biologists and the consequences for environmentalism and the conser-vation of nature. The author assumes that, despite massive developments in modern science and many im-pressive breakthroughs, we are in principle still locked into a mechanistic model of the universe, as created by Galilei, Descartes and Newton. It has fundamental consequences for biology, for our understanding of nature and also for environmentalism. What are en-vironmentalists protectin

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AA - Philosophy and religion

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.30.0041" target="_blank" >EE2.3.30.0041: POST-UP II.</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Development, Environment and Foresight

ISSN

2336-6621

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

1

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

24-43

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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