Pauline Phemister

Leibniz and the Environment (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The work of seventeenth-century polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz has proved inspirational to philosophers and scientists alike. In this thought-provoking book, Pauline Phemister explores the ecological potential of Leibniz's dynamic, pluralist, panpsychist, metaphysical system. She argues that Leibniz's philosophy has a renewed relevance in the twenty-first century, particularly in relation to the environmental change and crises that threaten human and non-human life on earth.

Drawing on Leibniz's theory of soul-like, interconnected metaphysical entities he termed 'monads', Phemister explains how an individual's true good is inextricably linked to the good of all. Phemister also finds in Leibniz's works the rudiments of a theory of empathy and strategies for strengthening human feelings of compassion towards all living things.

Leibniz and the Environment is essential reading for historians of philosophy and environmental philosophers, and will also be of interest to anyone seeking a metaphysical perspective from which to pursue environmental action and policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317408116
• Artikelnr.: 44874130

Autorenporträt

Pauline Phemister is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She is author of Leibniz and the Natural World and The Rationalists: Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz. Among her other books is a co-edited interdisciplinary volume Human-Environment Relations: Transformative Values in Theory and Practice.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Ecological Philosophy: Descartes and Spinoza 2. Outline of Leibniz's Philosophy 3. Leibniz's Legacy 4. Organic and Inorganic Nature 5. Relationality and Value 6. Space
Place
and Value 7. Expressive Communication and Empathy 8. Past
Present
Future. Index