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For Love of Matter: A Contemporary Panpsychism Third and Revis Edition
Contributor(s): Mathews, Freya (Author)

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 ISBN: 0791458083     ISBN-13: 9780791458082
Publisher: State University of New York Press
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Published: August 2003
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Annotation: A bold and original work in ecocosmology and metaphysics. In For Love of Matter Freya Mathews challenges basic assumptions of Western science, modern philosophy, and environmental philosophy, arguing that the environmental crisis is a symptom of a larger, metaphysical crisis. Western science rests on the premise that the world is an inert backdrop to human presence rather than a communicative presence in its own right, one capable of dialogical congress with us. Mathews explores the transformative effects of a substitution of the latter, panpsychist premise for the former, materialist one. She suggests that to exist in a dialogical modality is to enter an expanded realm of eros in which the self and world are mutually kindled into a larger, more incandescent state of realization. She argues that any adequate philosophical response to the so-called "environmental crisis" cannot be encompassed within the minor discipline of environmental philosophy but must instead address the full range of existential questions.

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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Metaphysics
- Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
Dewey: 141
LCCN: 2002045261
Series: SUNY Series in Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.76" W x 9.02" L (0.65 lbs) 213 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Ecology
Features: Index, Table of Contents
 
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In For Love of Matter Freya Mathews challenges basic assumptions of Western science, modern philosophy, and environmental philosophy, arguing that the environmental crisis is a symptom of a larger, metaphysical crisis. Western science rests on the premise that the world is an inert backdrop to human presence rather than a communicative presence in its own right, one capable of dialogical congress with us. Mathews explores the transformative effects of a substitution of the latter, panpsychist premise for the former, materialist one. She suggests that to exist in a dialogical modality is to enter an expanded realm of eros in which the self and world are mutually kindled into a larger, more incandescent state of realization. She argues that any adequate philosophical response to the so-called environmental crisis cannot be encompassed within the minor discipline of environmental philosophy but must instead address the full range of existential questions.
 
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