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Philosophies of Environmental Education and Democracy: Harris, Dewey, and Bateson on Human Freedoms in NatureScience, Imagination, and the Environmental Movement: Gregory Bateson’s Views

Philosophies of Environmental Education and Democracy: Harris, Dewey, and Bateson on Human... [Gregory Bateson complained that scientists caused problems by seeking ways to solve narrow human difficulties. A better approach was for science to use metaphors to help people expand their thinking and illuminate the connections among various parts of the universe. The dangers appeared when people thought they could use the environment for their own purposes. This process caused them to separate themselves from the environment on which their lives depended. This was a moral flaw because it encouraged actions whose effects no one could predict. Such narrow thinking could lead to the destruction of the environment and of humanity.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Philosophies of Environmental Education and Democracy: Harris, Dewey, and Bateson on Human Freedoms in NatureScience, Imagination, and the Environmental Movement: Gregory Bateson’s Views

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
ISBN
978-1-349-56871-0
Pages
69 –89
DOI
10.1057/9781137484215_5
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[Gregory Bateson complained that scientists caused problems by seeking ways to solve narrow human difficulties. A better approach was for science to use metaphors to help people expand their thinking and illuminate the connections among various parts of the universe. The dangers appeared when people thought they could use the environment for their own purposes. This process caused them to separate themselves from the environment on which their lives depended. This was a moral flaw because it encouraged actions whose effects no one could predict. Such narrow thinking could lead to the destruction of the environment and of humanity.]

Published: Dec 5, 2015

Keywords: logical types; metaphor; schismogenesis

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