What is 'nature'? In what sense are humans parts of it? And why, if at all, should we strive to conserve it? Environmental issues raise a host of fascinating philosophical questions. Yet all too often these questions are tackled in an overly abstract way, one that fails to account for what it is like to experience the natural world. The Presence of Nature takes a different approach. Drawing on the philosophical tradition of phenomenology as well as a number of literary sources, Simon James takes a refreshingly new perspective on a range of topics, including animal consciousness, the moral imperative to conserve nature and the view that the natural world exists independently of human concerns. In so doing, he develops an original approach to environmental philosophy, one that takes seriously the various ways we encounter the natural world in the living of our lives.ud
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机译:什么是“自然”?从什么意义上说,人类是其中的一部分?以及为什么要努力保护它呢?环境问题引发了许多引人入胜的哲学问题。然而,这些问题常常以一种过于抽象的方式来解决,而这并不能说明体验自然世界的感受。自然的存在采取了不同的方法。西蒙·詹姆斯(Simon James)利用现象学的哲学传统以及许多文学资料,对一系列主题采用了崭新的视角,包括动物意识,保护自然的道义要求以及关于自然世界独立于人类而存在的观点关注。为此,他开发了一种独特的环境哲学方法,认真对待了我们在生活中遇到自然世界的各种方式。 ud
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