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Title

Philosophical dialogues : Arne Næss and the progress of ecophilosophy / edited by Nina Witoszek and Andrew Brennan.

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

• Witoszek, Nina.
• Brennan, Andrew.

Description

xix, 492 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Næss, Arne
• Deep ecology > Philosophy
• Environmental ethics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movements: A Summary / Arne Naess -- Ch. 2. The Deep Ecology Platform / Arne Naess and George Sessions -- Ch. 3. The Glass Is on the Table: The Empiricist versus Total View / Arne Naess, Alfred Ayer and Fons Elders -- Ch. 4. Ayer on Metaphysics: A Critical Commentary by a Kind of Metaphysician / Arne Naess -- Ch. 5. A Reply to Arne Naess / Alfred J. Ayer -- Ch. 6. Arne Naess, a Philosopher and a Mystic: A Commentary on the Dialogue between Alfred Ayer and Arne Naess / Fons Elders -- Ch. 7. Remarks on Interpretation and Preciseness / Paul Feyerabend -- Ch. 8. Paul Feyerabend: A Green Hero? / Arne Naess -- Ch. 9. Comment: Naess and Feyerabend on Science / Bill Devall -- Ch. 10. Reply to Bill Devall / Arne Naess -- Ch. 11. Spinoza's Environmental Ethics / Genevieve Lloyd -- Ch. 12. Environmental Ethics and Spinoza's Ethics: Comments on Genevieve Lloyd's Article / Arne Naess --
• Ch. 13. Comment: Lloyd and Naess on Spinoza as Ecophilosopher / John Clark -- Ch. 14. A Critique of Anti-Anthropocentric Biocentrism / Richard A. Watson -- Ch. 15. A Defense of the Deep Ecology Movement / Arne Naess -- Ch. 16. Against Biospherical Egalitarianism / William C. French -- Ch. 17. An Answer to William C. French: Ranking, Yes, but the Inherent Value is the Same / Arne Naess -- Ch. 18. Comment: On Naess versus French / Baird Callicott -- Ch. 19. Deep Ecology: A New Philosophy of Our Time? / Warwick Fox -- Ch. 20. Intuition, Intrinsic Value, and Deep Ecology / Arne Naess -- Ch. 21. On Guiding Stars of Deep Ecology: Warwick Fox's Response to Naess's Response to Fox -- Ch. 22. Comment: Pluralism and Deep Ecology / Andrew Brennan -- Ch. 23. Man Apart: An Alternative to the Self-Realization Approach / Peter Reed -- Ch. 24. "Man Apart" and Deep Ecology: A Reply to Reed / Arne Naess --
• Ch. 25. Comment: Self-Realization or Man Apart? The Reed-Naess Debate / Val Plumwood -- Ch. 26. Deep Ecology and Its Critics / Kirkpatrick Sale -- Ch. 27. A European Looks at North American Branches of the Deep Ecology Movement / Arne Naess -- Ch. 28. Letter to the Editor of Zeta Magazine, 1988 / Arne Naess -- Ch. 29. Letter to Dave Foreman, 23 June 1988 / Arne Naess -- Ch. 30. Comment: Human Population Reduction and Wild Habitat Protection / Michael E. Zimmerman -- Ch. 31. Class, Race, and Gender Discourse in the Ecofeminism/Deep Ecology Debate / Ariel Salleh -- Ch. 32. Ecofeminist Philosophy and Deep Ecology / Karen Warren -- Ch. 33. The Ecofeminism versus Deep Ecology Debate / Arne Naess -- Ch. 34. The Ecofeminism-Deep Ecology Dialogue: A Short Commentary on the Exchange between Karen Warren and Arne Naess / Patsy Hallen -- Ch. 35. Social Ecology versus Deep Ecology: A Challenge for the Ecology Movement / Murray Bookchin --
• Ch. 36. Note Concerning Murray Bookchin's Article "Social Ecology versus Deep Ecology" / Arne Naess -- Ch. 37. Unanswered Letter to Murray Bookchin, 1988 / Arne Naess -- Ch. 38. To the Editor of Synthesis / Arne Naess -- Ch. 39. Comment: Deep Ecology and Social Ecology / Andrew McLaughlin -- Ch. 40. Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique / Ramachandra Guha -- Ch. 41. Comments on Guha's "Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique" / Arne Naess -- Ch. 42. Comment: Naess and Guha / Stephan Harding -- Ch. 43. Philosophy of Wolf Policies (I): General Principles and Preliminary Exploration of Selected Norms / Arne Naess and Ivar Mysterud -- Ch. 44. Naess's Deep Ecology Approach and Environmental Policy / Harold Glasser -- Ch. 45. Harold Glasser and the Deep Ecology Approach (DEA) / Arne Naess -- Ch. 46. Convergence Corroborated: A Comment on Arne Naess on Wolf Policies / Bryan Norton --
• Ch. 47. Value in Nature: Intrinsic or Inherent? / Jon Wetlesen -- Ch. 48. Response to Jon Wetlesen / Arne Naess -- Ch. 49. Platforms, Nature, and Obligational Values / Per Ariansen -- Ch. 50. Platforms, Nature, and Obligational Values: A Response to Per Ariansen / Arne Naess -- Ch. 51. From Scepticism to Dogmatism and Back: Remarks on the History of Deep Ecology / Peder Anker -- Ch. 52. Response to Peder Anker / Arne Naess -- Ch. 53. Arne Naess and the Norwegian Nature Tradition / Nina Witoszek -- Ch. 54. Is the Deep Ecology Vision a Green Vision or is it Multicoloured like the Rainbow? An Answer to Nina Witoszek / Arne Naess -- Postscript: Radical American Environmentalism Revisited / Ramachandra Guha.

ISBN

• 084768928X (hc. : acid-free paper)
• 0847689298 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

98024368

OCLC

ocm39157669

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries