| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 336 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The flow of matter -- The fold of elements -- The planetary field -- Centripetal minerality -- Hadean Earth -- Centrifugal atmospherics -- Archean Earth I : pneumatology -- Archean Earth II : biogenesis -- Tensional vegetality -- Proterozoic Earth -- Elastic animality -- Phanerozoic Earth I : kinomorphology -- Phanerozoic Earth II : terrestrialization -- Kinocene Earth -- Kinocene ethics -- Conclusion : the future |
| Summary |
"We need a new way to think about the Earth. Instead of perceiving the Earth as a static object, subject, substance, or essence in isolation from the cosmos, we need a theory that takes into account Earth's constant motion. In Theory of the Earth, Thomas Nail articulates an original process-based geological theory of the Earth that not only ushers in a new philosophy of geology, but which also offers us important lessons for understanding the Anthropocene and our possible responses to climate change"-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Anthropocene |
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Biology |
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Climate Change |
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Earth |
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Geology |
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History |
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Motion |
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Movement |
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Philosophy |
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Process Philosophy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Thomas Nail is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Denver. He is the author of The Figure of the Migrant (Stanford, 2015) and Being and Motion (2018) |
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In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Geology -- Philosophy
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Geology, Stratigraphic -- Anthropocene.
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Holocene.
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Geology -- Philosophy
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Geology, Stratigraphic
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PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology.
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| SUBJECT |
Earth (Planet) -- History -- Philosophy
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| Subject |
Earth (Planet)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020037818 |
| ISBN |
9781503627567 |
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150362756X |
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