Tuesday, April 07, 2020

Philosophical Dialogues: Arne Næss and the Progress of Ecophilosophy


Nina Witoszek, Andrew Brennan
Rowman & Littlefield, 1999 - Philosophy - 492 pages




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polemics with leading thinkers, drawn from sources as diverse as scholarly articles, correspondence, TV interviews and unpublished exchanges.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.

Contents

The Shallow and the Deep LongRange Ecology Movements A Summary Arne Naess 3

The Deep Ecology Platform Arne Naess and George Sessions 8

The Glass Is on the Table The Empiricist versus Total View Arnc Naess Alfred Ayer and Fons Elders 10

Ayer on Metaphysics A Critical Commentary by a Kind of Metaphysician Arne Naess 29

A Reply to Arne Naess Alfred J Ayer 40

Arne Naess a Philosopher and a Mystic A Commentary on the Dialogue between Alfred Ayer and Arne Naess Fons Elders 45

Remarks on Interpretation and Preciseness Paul Feyerabend 50

Paul Feyerabend A Green Hero? Arne Naess 57

Comment Naess and Feyerabend on Science Bill Devall 69

Reply to Bill Devall Arne Naess 71

Spinozas Environmental Ethics Gene vieve Lloyd 73

Environmental Ethics and Spinozas Ethics Comments on Genevieve Lloyds Article Arne Naess 91

Comment Lloyd and Naess on Spinoza as Ecophilosopher John Clark 102

A Critique of AntiAnthropocentric Biocentrism Richard A Watson 109

A Defense of the Deep Ecology Movement Arne Naess 121

Against Biospherical Egalitarianism William C French 127

An Answer to W C French Ranking Yes But the Inherent Value is the Same Arne Naess 146

Comment On Naess versus French Baird Callicott 150

Deep Ecology A New Philosophy of Our Time? Warwick Fox 153

Intuition Intrinsic Value and Deep Ecology Arne Naess 166

On Guiding Stars of Deep Ecology Warwick Fox Foxs Response to Naesss Response to Fox 171

Comment Pluralism and Deep Ecology Andrew Brennan 175

Man Apart An Alternative to the Self Realization Approach Peter Reed 181

Man Apart and Deep Ecology A Reply to Reed Arne Naess 198

Comment Self Realization or Man Apart? The Reed Naess Debate Val Plumwood 206

Deep Ecology and Its Critics Kirkpatrick Sale 213

A European Looks at North American Branches of the Deep Ecology Movement Arne Naess 222

Letter to the Editor of Zeta Magazine 1988 Arne Naess 225

Letter to Dave Foreman 23 June 1988 Arne Naess 227

Comment Human Population Reduction and Wild Habitat Protection Michael E Zimmerman 232

Class Race and Gender Discourse in the EcofeminismDeep Ecology Debate Ariel Salleh 236

Ecofeminist Philosophy and Deep Ecology Karen Warren 255

The Ecofeminism versus Deep Ecology Debate Arne Naess 270

The EcofeminismDeep Ecology Dialogue A Short Commentary on the Exchange between Karen Warren and Arne Naess Patsy Hallen 274

Social Ecology versus Deep Ecology A Challenge for the Ecology Movement Murray Bookchin 281

Note Concerning Murray Bookchins Article Social Ecology versus Deep Ecology Arne Naess 302

Unanswered Letter to Murray Bookchin 1988 Arne Naess 305

To the Editor of Synthesis Arne Naess 307

Comment Deep Ecology and Social Ecology Andrew McLaughlin 310

Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation A Third World Critique Ramachandra Guha 313

Comments on Cubas Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation A Third World Critique Arne Naess 325

Comment Nsess and Guha Stephan Harding 334

Philosophy of Wolf Policies I General Principles and Preliminary Exploration of Selected Norms Arne Naess and Ivar Mysterud 339

Naesss Deep Ecology Approach and Environmental Policy Harold Glasser 360

Harold Glasser and the Deep Ecology Approach DEA Arne Naess 391

Convergence Corroborated A Comment on Arne Naess on Wolf Policies Bryan Norton 394

Value in Nature Intrinsic or Inherent? Jon Wetlesen 405

Response to Jon Wetlesen Arne Naess 418

Platforms Nature and Obligational Values Per Ariansen 420

Platforms Nature and Obligational Values A Response to Per Ariansen Arne Naess 429

From Skepticism to Dogmatism and Back Remarks on the History of Deep Ecology Peder Anker 431

Response to Peder Anker Arne Naess 444

Arne Naess and the Norwegian Nature Tradition Nina Witoszek 451

Is the Deep Ecology Vision a Green Vision or Is It Multicolored like the Rainbow? An Answer to Nina Witoszek Arne Naess 466

Radical American Environmentalism Revisited Ramachandra Guha 473

Index 480

Notes on Contributors 488

Copyright


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