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the green fuse/glossary
resources forum search topics Our glossary can help explain some of the terms used in environmental philosophy. Whenever something technical crops up on the green fuse site, it'll be given [..]
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anthropocentrism
The view that humans are the most important beings on Earth. Typical of Western Judeo-Christian culture.
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bioregion
A natural region defined by its ecological coherence. Each bioregion has a distinct geological formations, climatic conditions and ecology.
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bioregionalism
The belief that human communities should be fully integrated with the particular bioregion they occupy. A good example is the Ozark Area Community Congress (OACC). The OACC is founded on the principle [..]
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dualism
Philosophical belief that reality is essentially divided into two distinct kinds of stuff. Typically mind and body or the related pair, spirit and matter. One concept in each pair is often deemed supe [..]
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ecocentrism
is the view advocated by Aldo Leopold in his highly influential essay "The Land Ethic" (1949). See www.utm.edu/research/iep/e/environm.htm
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ecology
Originally the scientific study of the relationship between living organisms and their environment. The term now has a wider range of meanings. Often used to describe the holistic interconnectedness o [..]
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embodied knowledge
Knowledge held within the tissue of the body. It is a somatic, physical knowing which comes from direct experience. Familiar to sports people and performers. Adrian Harris claims that such knowledge i [..]
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enlightenment
Also known as 'The Age Of Reason'. An intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th Centuries. A humanist movement which emphasized the power of reason above all else. Tended to emphasize empir [..]
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essentialism
The belief that people and/or phenomenon have properties that are essential to what they are. In a feminist context, the belief in a unique and unchanging feminine essence existing above and beyond cu [..]
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