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A Non-Philosophical Theory of NatureElements of an Immanental Ecology

A Non-Philosophical Theory of Nature: Elements of an Immanental Ecology [In this chapter I will describe six fundamental conceptual elements of scientific ecology after a discussion of the ecosystem that they all relate to. The point here is to think philosophically and theologically through the material of scientific ecology. But the presentation of these ideas will not simply be historical or scientific or philosophical, though they will also be these things, but presented in the same style as Laruelle’s “generic science” or unified theory. This means that though the integrity of the scientific nature of the ideas is respected, meaning we don’t treat them as “absolute” concepts, they are read with regard to philosophical theology rather than terrestrial or aquatic ecosystem dynamics. Whereas Laruelle brought together quantum mechanics and philosophy by way of “idemmanence” or the immanence expressed in quantum physics’s conception of idempotence, we bring together ecology and philosophical theology by way of an “ecology (of) thought.”1 In this generic science thought itself is treated as if it were operative within an ecosystem. The point of this thought experiment is not to create an ecosophia, as Naess aimed to do, but to show that the normal philosophical and theological ways of thinking about nature do so without engaging with scientific material. As I showed in part I, even when scientific material is engaged with, it is never a deep engagement with ecological scientific material.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Non-Philosophical Theory of NatureElements of an Immanental Ecology

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2013
ISBN
978-1-349-46328-2
Pages
125 –155
DOI
10.1057/9781137331977_10
Publisher site
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Abstract

[In this chapter I will describe six fundamental conceptual elements of scientific ecology after a discussion of the ecosystem that they all relate to. The point here is to think philosophically and theologically through the material of scientific ecology. But the presentation of these ideas will not simply be historical or scientific or philosophical, though they will also be these things, but presented in the same style as Laruelle’s “generic science” or unified theory. This means that though the integrity of the scientific nature of the ideas is respected, meaning we don’t treat them as “absolute” concepts, they are read with regard to philosophical theology rather than terrestrial or aquatic ecosystem dynamics. Whereas Laruelle brought together quantum mechanics and philosophy by way of “idemmanence” or the immanence expressed in quantum physics’s conception of idempotence, we bring together ecology and philosophical theology by way of an “ecology (of) thought.”1 In this generic science thought itself is treated as if it were operative within an ecosystem. The point of this thought experiment is not to create an ecosophia, as Naess aimed to do, but to show that the normal philosophical and theological ways of thinking about nature do so without engaging with scientific material. As I showed in part I, even when scientific material is engaged with, it is never a deep engagement with ecological scientific material.]

Published: Oct 31, 2015

Keywords: Scientific Practice; Fundamental Unit; Hybrid Species; General System Theory; Scientific Ecology

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