Inclusionality – An Immersive Philosophy of Environmental Relationships

Abstract

For centuries, our understanding of how we relate to our environment has been impeded by the deliberate exclusion of context which comes from rationalistic modes of enquiry that place unrealistically discrete boundaries between ‘insides’ and ‘outsides’, ‘subjects’ and ‘objects’ and ‘self’ and ‘other’. Now that the global impact of human technology has reached unprecedented scales, there is an urgent need to appreciate the implications of this exclusion and to develop a philosophical framework that enables us to attune more empathically with our living space. The participatory philosophy of ‘inclusionality’, in which all things are viewed as dynamic contextual inclusions, may help by enabling us to value the explicit focus of rational inquiry not as ‘all there is’, but rather as a powerful, high resolution tool. This tool, when complemented by the collective imagination and insights arising from many, diverse perspectives, can help clarify implicit, holographic reality.