Interpreting Nature by I G Simmons
Human society has constructed many varied notions of the environment. Scientific information about the environment is often seen as the only worthwhile knowledge. This ignores the complexities created by interaction between people and the environment. Idealist thinking argues that everything we know is based on a construct of our minds and that all is possible. Can both be correct and true? Interpreting Nature explores the position of humanity in the environment from the principle that the models we construct are imperfect and can only be provisional. Having examined the way in which the natural sciences have interrogated nature, the types of data produced and what they mean to us, this looks at the environment within philosophy and ethics, the social sciences and the arts, and analyses their role in the formation of environmental cognition.'A remarkable bookIn an academic world given to increasing degrees of specialization, it is a very refreshing read.' - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Simmons, I. G.: - I.G. Simmons retired from the University of Durham in 2001 and applied himself to the landscape history of the area to which he had been a wartime evacuee. This required different skills from the palynology of earlier years and he was grateful for help with both finance and the interpretation of documents from a number of archives. A number of papers in journals have appeared as well as this book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415097062 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415097061 |
| Title | Interpreting Nature |
| Author | I G Simmons |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1993-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 230 |
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