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A Defense of the Concept of Nature

In: Danish Yearbook of Philosophy
Author:
Sune Frølund Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Online Publication Date:
08 Jul 2022
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Abstract

The concept of nature is under attack from a number of contemporary researchers on ecology. This seems alarming in light of the current struggle to establish the anthropogenic, i.e., non-natural origin of climate change and mass extinction. This paper selects three examples of ‘nature denial’ by influential writers—Steven Vogel, Timothy Morton, and Bruno Latour—and tries to show that without a concept of nature, their theories are incoherent. Finally, the paper turns to Gernot Böhme for a philosophy of body and nature that can evade the aporias in which the three other writers are entangled.

Title:
A Defense of the Concept of Nature
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/24689300-bja10035
Language:
English
Pages:
49–74
Keywords:
nature; human being; human-nonhuman relation; body; Anthropocene; climate; environmental epistemology; Steven Vogel; Timothy Morton; Bruno Latour; Gernot Böhme
In:
Danish Yearbook of Philosophy
In:
Volume 56: Issue 1
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
2468-9300
Print ISSN:
0070-2749
Subjects:
19th & 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy

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