Geo-Logic
Breaking Ground between Philosophy and the Earth Sciences
Published on 27. February 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
196 pages
978-0-7914-5602-6 (ISBN)
Description
Seeks to redraw the boundaries between the fields of geology and environmental philosophy.
Using a unified vision of geology, consisting of equal parts geo-poetry, geo-politics, geo-theology, and geo-science, Geo-Logic redraws the boundaries between philosophy and the earth sciences. Although each discipline makes crucial contributions to contemporary environmental concerns, neither will fulfill its potential until it transforms itself by engaging the other. This book offers examples of how to relate environmental philosophy to science, public policy, and real world problems, and shows what is epistemologically distinctive about scientific work and how to respond to the cultural dynamics that are pulling these issues into the public sphere. Frodeman advocates humanizing the earth sciences and bringing philosophy into the field.
Using a unified vision of geology, consisting of equal parts geo-poetry, geo-politics, geo-theology, and geo-science, Geo-Logic redraws the boundaries between philosophy and the earth sciences. Although each discipline makes crucial contributions to contemporary environmental concerns, neither will fulfill its potential until it transforms itself by engaging the other. This book offers examples of how to relate environmental philosophy to science, public policy, and real world problems, and shows what is epistemologically distinctive about scientific work and how to respond to the cultural dynamics that are pulling these issues into the public sphere. Frodeman advocates humanizing the earth sciences and bringing philosophy into the field.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Target group
College/higher education
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
298 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7914-5602-6 (9780791456026)
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02/2012
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Person
Robert Frodeman , a philosopher with a background in the earth sciences, has worked for the U. S. Geological Survey for many years. He was the 2001-2002 Hennebach Visiting Professor in the Humanities at the Colorado School of Mines and is currently Research Scientist at the Center for Science and Technology Policy at the University of Colorado, where he is also the Director of the Global Climate Change and Society Program. He is the editor of Earth Matters: The Earth Sciences, Philosophy, and the Claims of Community.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Acid Mine Philosophy
3. Corrosive Effects: Environmental Ethics and the Metaphysics of Acid Mine Drainage
4. The Places of Science: The Heavens, the Lab, the Field, and the Screen
5. Earth Stories
6. The Philosophy of (Field) Science
7. Being and Geologic Time: The Meeting of Metaphysics and Politics
8. Science and the Public Self
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Acid Mine Philosophy
3. Corrosive Effects: Environmental Ethics and the Metaphysics of Acid Mine Drainage
4. The Places of Science: The Heavens, the Lab, the Field, and the Screen
5. Earth Stories
6. The Philosophy of (Field) Science
7. Being and Geologic Time: The Meeting of Metaphysics and Politics
8. Science and the Public Self
Conclusion
Notes
Index