Philosophical Dialogues

Arne Naess and the Progress of Philosophy

Contributions by Peder Anker, Per Ariansen, Alfred J. Ayer, Murray Bookchin, Baird Callicott, John Clark, Bill Devall, Fons Elders, Paul Feyerabend, Warwick Fox, William C. French, Harold Glasser, Ramachandra Guha, Patsy Hallen, Stephan Harding, Genevieve Lloyd, Andrew Mclaughlin, Ivar Mysterud, Arne Naess, Bryan Norton, Val Plumwood, Peter Reed, Kirkpatrick Sale, Ariel Salleh, Karen Warren, Richard A. Watson, Jon Wetlesen, Michael E. Zimmerman professor of philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder Edited by Nina Witoszek, Andrew Brennan

Publication date:

13 May 1999

Length of book:

512 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

234x161mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780847689286

The volume documents, and makes an original contribution to, an astonishing period in twentieth-century philosophy—the progress of Arne Naess's ecophilosophy from its inception to the present. It includes Naess's most crucial polemics with leading thinkers, drawn from sources as diverse as scholarly articles, correspondence, TV interviews and unpublished exchanges. The book testifies to the skeptical and self-correcting aspects of Naess's vision, which has deepened and broadened to include third world and feminist perspectives. Philosophical Dialogues is an essential addition to the literature on environmental philosophy.

Part 1 List of Figures
Part 2 Preface
Part 3 Acknowledgements
Part 4 I Philosophical Systems and Systems of Philosophy
Chapter 5 1 The Shallow and the Deep, Long-range Economy Movements: A Summary
Chapter 6 2 The Deep Ecology Platform
Chapter 7 3 The Glass is on the Table: The Empiricist versus Total View
Chapter 8 4 Ayer on Metaphysics:A Critical Commentary
Chapter 9 5 A Reply to Arne Naess
Chapter 10 6 Arne Naess, a Philosopher and a Mystic: A Commentary on the Dialogue Between Alfred Ayer and Arne Naess
Chapter 11 7 Remarks on Interpretations and Preciseness
Chapter 12 8 Paul Feyerabend: A Green Hero?
Chapter 13 9 Comment: Naess and Feyerabend on Science
Chapter 14 10 Reply to Bill Devall
Chapter 15 11 Spinoza's Environmental Ethics
Chapter 16 12 Environmental Ethics and Spinoza's Ethics: Comments on Genevieve Lloyd's Article
Chapter 17 13 Comment: Lloyd and Naess on Spinoza as Ecophilosopher
Part 18 II Deep Ecology: Norms, Premises, and Intuitions
Chapter 19 14 A Critique of Anti-Anthropocentric Biocentrism
Chapter 20 15 A Defense of the Deep Ecology Movement
Chapter 21 16 Against Biospherical Egalitarianism
Chapter 22 17 An Answer to William C. French: Ranking, Yes, but the Inherent Value is the Same
Chapter 23 18 Comment: On Naess versus French
Chapter 24 19 Deep Ecology: A New Philosophy of our Time?
Chapter 25 20 Intuition, Intrinsic Value, and Deep Ecology
Chapter 26 21 On Guiding Stars of Deep Ecology: Response to Naess's Response to Fox
Chapter 27 22 Comment: Pluralism and Deep Ecology
Chapter 28 23 Man Apart: An Alternative to the Self-Realization Approach
Chapter 29 24 "Man Apart" and Deep Ecology: A Reply to Reed
Chapter 30 25 Comment: Self-Realization or Man Apart? The Reed-Naess Debate
Part 31 III Schisms: Mountains or Molehills?
Chapter 32 26 Deep Ecology and its Critics
Chapter 33 27 A European Looks at North-American Branches of the Deep Ecology Movement
Chapter 34 28 Letter to the Editor of Zeta Magazine, 1988
Chapter 35 29 Letter to Dave Foreman, 23 June 1988
Chapter 36 30 Comment: Human Population Reduction and Wild Habitat Protection
Chapter 37 31 Class, Race, and Gender Discourse in the Ecofeminism/Deep Ecology Debate
Chapter 38 32 Ecofeminism Philosophy and Deep Ecology
Chapter 39 33 The Ecofeminism versus Deep Ecology Debate
Chapter 40 34 The Ecofeminism-Deep Ecology Dialogue: A Short Commentary on Exchange Between Karen Warren and Arne Naess
Chapter 41 35 Social Ecology versus Deep Ecology: A Challenge for the Ecology Movement
Chapter 42 36 Note Concerning Murray Bookchin's Article "Social Ecology versus Deep Ecology"
Chapter 43 37 Unanswered Letter to Murray Bookchin, 1988
Chapter 44 38 To the Editor of Synthesis
Chapter 45 39 Comment: Deep Ecology and Social Ecology
Chapter 46 40 Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique
Chapter 47 41 Comments on Guha's "Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique"
Chapter 48 42 Comment: Naess and Guha
Part 49 IV Deep Ecology and Environmental Policy
Chapter 50 43 Philosophies of Wolf Policies (I): General Principles and Preliminary xploration of Selected Norms
Chapter 51 44 Naess's Deep Ecology Approach (DEA)
Chapter 52 45 Harold Glasser and the Deep Ecology Approach (DEA)
Chapter 53 46 Convergence Corroborated: A Comment on Arne Naess on Wolf Policies
Part 54 V The Philosopher at Home
Chapter 55 47 Value in Nature: Intrinsic or Inherent?
Chapter 56 48 Response to Jon Wetleson
Chapter 57 49 Platforms, Nature, and Obligational Values
Chapter 58 50 Platforms, Nature, and Obligationsl Values: A Response to Per Ariansen
Chapter 59 51 From Scepticism to Dogmatism and Back: Remarks on the History of Deep Ecology
Chapter 60 52 Responses to Peder Anker
Chapter 61 53 Arne Naess and the Norwegian Nature Tradition
Chapter 62 54 Is the Deep Ecology Vision a Green Vision or is it Multicoloured like the Rainbow? An Answer to Nina Witoszek
Part 63 Postscript: Radical American Environmentalism Revisited
Part 64 Index
Part 65 Notes on Contributors

For fans and devotees of deep ecology, the book is essential, with its copious collection of relevant articles and Naess's classic but often evasive responses.