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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453467503321

Autore

Šmajs Josef

Titolo

Evolutionary ontology [[electronic resource] ] : reclaiming the value of nature by transforming culture / / Josef Šmajs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Rodopi B.V., 2008

ISBN

94-012-0622-8

1-4356-6576-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Value Inquiry Book Series, 195; Central European value studies

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Ontology - Social aspects

Ontology

Philosophy of nature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- From Intellectual Consolation to the Concept of Biophilous Culture -- Problems of Traditional Ontology -- Evolutionary Ontology -- Terrestrial Nature -- Anti-Natural Culture -- Search for the Concept of Biophilous Culture -- A Lease on Planet Earth -- Works Cited -- About the author -- Index -- Value Inquiry Book Series.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines new concept of evolutionary ontology based on the idea of radically different “ontic orders” – natural and cultural being. It explains how culture evolved out of nature and how it became “anti-natural”. The remedy is seen in the global biophilous reconstruction of culture. The value of the “live planet” Earth and the “subject” capable of creative activity and evolution are given fundamental philosophical interpretation.