Philosophical Dialogues

Nina Witoszek; Andrew Brennan

doi:10.5771/9781461640769

Summary

The volume documents, and makes an original contribution to, an astonishing period in twentieth-century philosophy_the progress of Arne Naess's ecophilosophy from its inception to the present. It includes Naess's most crucial polemics with leading thinkers, drawn from sources as diverse as scholarly articles, correspondence, TV interviews and unpublished exchanges. The book testifies to the skeptical and self-correcting aspects of Naess's vision, which has deepened and broadened to include third world and feminist perspectives. Philosophical Dialogues is an essential addition to the literature on environmental philosophy.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 1999
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8476-8929-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-4076-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 492
Product type: Edited Book

1. Table of Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. Preface No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
1. Chapter 1: The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movements: A Summary No access
2. Chapter 2: The Deep Ecology Platform No access
3. Chapter 3: The Glass is on the Table: The Empiricist versus Total View No access
4. Chapter 4: Ayer on Metaphysics: A Critical Commentary by a Kind of Metaphysician No access
5. Chapter 5: A Reply to Arne Næss No access
6. Chapter 6: Arne Næss, a Philosopher and a Mystic: A Commentary on the Dialogue between Alfred Ayer and Arne Næss No access
7. Chapter 7: Remarks on Interpretation and Preciseness No access
8. Chapter 8: Paul Feyerabend: A Green Hero? No access
9. Chapter 9: Comment: Næss and Feyerabend on Science No access
10. Chapter 10: Reply to Bill Devall No access
11. Chapter 11: Spinoza's Environmental Ethics No access
12. Chapter 12: Environmental Ethics and Spinoza's Ethics: Comments on Genevieve Lloyd's Article No access
13. Chapter 13: Comment: Lloyd and Næss on Spinoza as Ecophilosopher No access
1. Chapter 14: A Critique of Anti-Anthropocentric Biocentrism No access
2. Chapter 15: A Defense of the Deep Ecology Movement No access
3. Chapter 16: Against Biospherical Egalitarianism No access
4. Chapter 17: An Answer to William C. French: Ranking, Yes, but the Inherent Value is the Same No access
5. Chapter 18: Comment: On Næss versus French No access
6. Chapter 19: Deep Ecology: A New Philosophy of Our Time? No access
7. Chapter 20: Intuition, Intrinsic Value, and Deep Ecology No access
8. Chapter 21: On Guiding Stars of Deep Ecology No access
9. Chapter 22: Comment: Pluralism and Deep Ecology No access
10. Chapter 23: Man Apart: An Alternative to the Self-Realization Approach No access
11. Chapter 24: "Man Apart" and Deep Ecology: A Reply to Reed No access
12. Chapter 25: Comment: Self-Realization or Man Apart? The Reed-Næss Debate No access
1. Chapter 26: Deep Ecology and its Critics No access
2. Chapter 27: A European Looks at North American Branches of the Deep Ecology Movement No access
3. Chapter 28: Letter to the Editor of Zeta Magazine, 1988 No access
4. Chapter 29: Letter to Dave Foreman, 23 June 1988 No access
5. Chapter 30: Comment: Human Population Reduction and Wild Habitat Protection No access
6. Chapter 31: Class, Race, and Gender Discourse in the Ecofeminism/Deep Ecology Debate No access
7. Chapter 32: Ecofeminist Philosophy and Deep Ecology No access
8. Chapter 33: The Ecofeminism versus Deep Ecology Debate No access
9. Chapter 34: The Ecofeminism-Deep Ecology Dialogue: A Short Commentary on the Exchange between Karen Warren and Arne Næss No access
10. Chapter 35: Social Ecology versus Deep Ecology: A Challenge for the Ecology Movement No access
11. Chapter 36: Note Concerning Murray Bookchin's Article "Social Ecology versus Deep Ecology" No access
12. Chapter 37: Unanswered Letter to Murray Bookchin, 1988 No access
13. Chapter 38: To the Editor of Synthesis No access
14. Chapter 39: Comment: Deep Ecology and Social Ecology No access
15. Chapter 40: Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique No access
16. Chapter 41: Comments on Guha's "Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique" No access
17. Chapter 42: Comment: Næss and Guha No access
1. Chapter 43: Philosophy of Wolf Policies (I): General Principles and Preliminary Exploration of Selected Norms No access
2. Chapter 44: Næss's Deep Ecology Approach and Environmental Policy No access
3. Chapter 45: Harold Glasser and the Deep Ecology Approach (DEA) No access
4. Chapter 46: Convergence Corroborated: A Comment on Arne Næss on Wolf Policies No access
1. Chapter 47: Value in Nature: Intrinsic or Inherent? No access
2. Chapter 48: Response to Jon Wetlesen No access
3. Chapter 49: Platforms, Nature, and Obligational Values No access
4. Chapter 50: Platforms, Nature, and Obligational Values: A Response to Per Ariansen No access
5. Chapter 51: From Skepticism to Dogmatism and Back: Remarks on the History of Deep Ecology No access
6. Chapter 52: Response to Peder Anker No access
7. Chapter 53: Arne Næss and the Norwegian Nature Tradition No access
8. Chapter 54: Is the Deep Ecology Vision a Green Vision or is it Multicoloured like the Rainbow? An Answer to Nina Witoszek No access
Postscript: Radical American Environmentalism Revisited No access Pages 473 - 479
Index No access Pages 480 - 487
Notes on Contributors No access Pages 488 - 492