Add to ORKGIt is often assumed that science provides the most accurate knowledge about nature. This view not only collapses distinctions between different forms of knowing but also results in a paradox whereby understanding what it means to exist in the world is dictated by practioners of science. In this essay I argue for the relevance of an existential conception of nature via the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, and how his notions of thrownness and phusis enable us to recognize a certain ethical bond to nature. I conclude with a critical analysis of liability insurance and actuarial science to demonstrate my points
Before the 19th Century, natural philosophers explored the inner workings of nature and humanity usi...
Though nihilism is a major theme in late modern philosophy from Hegel onward, it is only relatively ...
This paper argues that Heidegger’s deconstruction of metaphysics lends itself to an environmental et...
It is often assumed that science provides the most accurate knowledge about nature. This view not on...
Heidegger is commonly assumed to have been at first uninterested in science, and then later on posit...
This paper attempts to develop an ethico-aesthetic framework for enriching one's life and ethical ou...
In this paper, I examine the ontological valuation of what-stands-on-its-own in relation to the prob...
This paper argues that Heidegger's deconstruction of metaphysics lends itself to an environmental et...
It is commonly held that nature is knowable in itself and that death has no explanatory priority in ...
We live in an era of crises. One of them, the ecological crisis, arose from the fact that the human ...
My project pursues two tasks: first, it analyzes, compares, and evaluates the accounts of three conc...
2022 Spring.Includes bibliographical references.The role of nature in human well-being is often left...
This essay will examine what it takes to be two foundational aspects of traditional metaphysics—the ...
According to naturalism, philosophy is part of science. Its aim is thus to acquire synthetic knowled...
The article sketches a view of nature as a movement undermining totality. Awareness of our entanglem...
Before the 19th Century, natural philosophers explored the inner workings of nature and humanity usi...
Though nihilism is a major theme in late modern philosophy from Hegel onward, it is only relatively ...
This paper argues that Heidegger’s deconstruction of metaphysics lends itself to an environmental et...
It is often assumed that science provides the most accurate knowledge about nature. This view not on...
Heidegger is commonly assumed to have been at first uninterested in science, and then later on posit...
This paper attempts to develop an ethico-aesthetic framework for enriching one's life and ethical ou...
In this paper, I examine the ontological valuation of what-stands-on-its-own in relation to the prob...
This paper argues that Heidegger's deconstruction of metaphysics lends itself to an environmental et...
It is commonly held that nature is knowable in itself and that death has no explanatory priority in ...
We live in an era of crises. One of them, the ecological crisis, arose from the fact that the human ...
My project pursues two tasks: first, it analyzes, compares, and evaluates the accounts of three conc...
2022 Spring.Includes bibliographical references.The role of nature in human well-being is often left...
This essay will examine what it takes to be two foundational aspects of traditional metaphysics—the ...
According to naturalism, philosophy is part of science. Its aim is thus to acquire synthetic knowled...
The article sketches a view of nature as a movement undermining totality. Awareness of our entanglem...
Before the 19th Century, natural philosophers explored the inner workings of nature and humanity usi...
Though nihilism is a major theme in late modern philosophy from Hegel onward, it is only relatively ...
This paper argues that Heidegger’s deconstruction of metaphysics lends itself to an environmental et...