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Author Frodeman, Robert

Title Geo-logic : breaking ground between philosophy and the earth sciences / Robert Frodeman
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 184 pages) : illustrations, map
Series SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics
SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics.
Contents Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Introduction -- Ch. 2 Acid Mine Philosophy -- Ch. 3 Corrosive Effects: Environmental Ethics and the Metaphysics of Acid Mine Drainage -- Ch. 4 Places of Science: The Heavens, the Lab, the Field, and the Screen -- Ch. 5 Earth Stories -- Ch. 6 Philosophy of (Field) Science -- Ch. 7 Being and Geologic Time: The Meeting of Metaphysics and Politics -- Ch. 8 Science and the Public Self
Summary "Using a unified vision of geology, consisting of equal parts geo-poetry, geo-politics, geo-theology, and geo-science, Geo-Logic redraws the boundaries between philosophy and the earth sciences. Although each discipline makes crucial contributions to contemporary environmental concerns, neither will fulfill its potential until it transforms itself by engaging the other. This book offers examples of how to relate environmental philosophy to science, public policy, and real world problems, and shows what is epistemologically distinctive about scientific work and how to respond to the cultural dynamics that are pulling these issues into the public sphere. Frodeman advocates humanizing the earth sciences and bringing philosophy into the field."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Earth sciences -- Philosophy
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- General.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Geophysics.
Earth sciences -- Philosophy.
Earth sciences -- Philosophy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1417524014
9781417524013
0791456013
9780791456019
0791456021
9780791456026
9780791487440
079148744X