Reflections on the Nature of Nature
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/01/2008
At the crossroads of philosophy and science, the sometimes-dry topics of evolution and ecology come alive in this new collection of essays n many never before anthologized. Learn how technology may be a sort of second nature, how the systemic human fungus Candida albicans can lead to cravings for carrot cake and beer, how the presence of life may be why thereis water on Earth, and many other fascinating facts. The essay iMetametazoai presents perspectives on biology in a philosophical context, demonstrating how the intellectual librarian, pornographer, and political agitator Georges Bataille was influenced by Russian mineralogist Vladimir Vernadsky and how this led to his notion of the absence of meaning in the face of the sun n which later influenced Jacques Derrida, thereby establishing a causal chain of influence from the hard sciences to topics as abstract as deconstruction and postmodernism.
- ISBN:
- 9781933392318
- 9781933392318
- Category:
- Philosophy
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 01-01-2008
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Chelsea Green Publishing Co
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 392
- Dimensions (mm):
- 234x156x19mm
- Weight:
- 0.42kg
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