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The Presence of Nature

A Study in Phenomenology and Environmental Philosophy

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  • © 2009

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  1. Simon P. James

    1. Durham University, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-15

  3. Our Place in Nature

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    Pages 16-37

  4. Animal Minds

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    Pages 38-64

  5. Nature’s Value and Other Obsessions

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    Pages 65-89

  6. Why Conserve Nature?

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    Pages 90-116

  7. Beyond the Human

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    Pages 117-147

  8. Conclusion

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    Pages 148-155

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 156-167
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Are any nonhuman animals conscious? Why, if at all, should we strive to conserve natural environments? In what sense are we parts of nature? Simon James draws on a range of philosophical and literary sources to develop original answers to these and other questions, setting out a refreshingly new approach to environmental philosophy.

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'James's philosophical exploration of the ecophenomenological landscape opens new vistas, helping us see a way through the deep thicket of ethical challenges that we denizens of the earth now face. This is an important and provocative book, and an adventure in thinking not to be missed.' - Iain Thomson, University of New Mexico

Authors and Affiliations

  • Durham University, UK

    Simon P. James

About the author

SIMON P. JAMES has degrees in biology, history and philosophy of science and philosophy. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Durham University, UK. He is the author of Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics (2004) and, with David E. Cooper, Buddhism, Virtue and Environment (2005). 

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