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Nature as Presence and Experience

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In traditional philosophical terms, the topic of my paper could be said to be the place of humans in the cosmos, considered from a metaphysical, epistemological and ethical perspective. Less traditionally, I could say that my concern is with postmodern ecological ethics. However, since neither of those summaries is particulary informative, let me begin by sketching the outline of my argument instead.

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Kohák, E. (1998). Nature as Presence and Experience. In: Cohen, R.S., Tauber, A.I. (eds) Philosophies of Nature: The Human Dimension. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 195. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2614-6_20

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