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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.

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Editorial Foreword by Emil VIŠŇOVSKÝ Acknowledgements Introduction From Intellectual Consolation to the Concept of Biophilous Culture PART I: Traditional and Evolutionary Ontology Problems of Traditional Ontology Evolutionary Ontology PART II: Ontology of Nature Terrestrial Nature PART III: Ontology of Culture Anti-Natural Culture Search for the Concept of Biophilous Culture Appendix: A Lease on Planet Earth Works Cited About the author Index

Evolutionary Ontology: Reclaiming the Value of Nature by Transforming Culture

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      Publisher: Brill
      Publication Date: 01/01/2008
      ISBN13: 9789042024489, 978-9042024489
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      Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

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      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      Editorial Foreword by Emil VIŠŇOVSKÝ Acknowledgements Introduction From Intellectual Consolation to the Concept of Biophilous Culture PART I: Traditional and Evolutionary Ontology Problems of Traditional Ontology Evolutionary Ontology PART II: Ontology of Nature Terrestrial Nature PART III: Ontology of Culture Anti-Natural Culture Search for the Concept of Biophilous Culture Appendix: A Lease on Planet Earth Works Cited About the author Index

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