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208Rock art aesthetics: Trace on rock, mark of spirit, window on landJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 57 (4): 451-458. 1999.
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15Minding Nature: The Philosophers of Ecology David MacAuley New York: Guilford, 1996, viii + 355 pp., $18.95 (review)Dialogue 38 (1): 168-. 1999.
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108Understanding performance art: Art beyond artBritish Journal of Aesthetics 31 (1): 68-73. 1991.
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37Themes in Latin American Environmental Ethics: Community, Resistance and AutonomyEnvironmental Values 13 (2). 2004.This paper seeks to answer the question how environmental ethics is approached in Latin America. I begin by discussing a suitable method for interpreting the question of whether there is a culturally based ethics, given that one may focus either on theory or on actually existing moral practices. Next, I consider some of the possible sources of Latin America's distinctiveness, namely its professional, cultural, and economic-historical particularities, followed by a discussion of the practice and …Read more
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315Basho and the aesthetics of wandering: Recuperating space, recognizing place, and following the ways of the universePhilosophy East and West 53 (3): 291-307. 2003.: An appeal is made to the foot travels of Matsuo Basho, especially his 1689 journey to northern Japan, reflected in his Narrow Road to the Interior, as examples of wandering. It is suggested that while the travels of a poetwanderer such as Basho are notably distinct from shamanic travels in some respects, they are similar in other important ways, for example in their capacity to give perspective to our everyday experience. Based on Basho's example, three aspects of wandering are discussed that …Read more
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109Aesthetic appreciation and the many stories about natureBritish Journal of Aesthetics 41 (2): 125-137. 2001.
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4Naturaleza, cultura, y patrimonio natural: hacia una cultura de la naturalezaLudus Vitalis 14 (25): 135-151. 2006.
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3La restauración de la naturaleza en relación a las obras de la tierra (earthworks) y el arte de los jardines japonesesEstudios Filosóficos 53 (152): 77-86. 2004.Parece contradictorio que los seres humanos intentemos restaurar la naturaleza, ya que el término "naturaleza" parece significar la antítesis de lo creado por nosotros. En este ensayo propongo elucidar la problemática de la restauración de la naturaleza a base de la consideración de los jardines japoneses formales y de las obras de la tierra (earthworks), en cuanto que ambas formas de arte constituyen formas de aculturar la tierra de tal manera que la relación del artefacto entra en relación dir…Read more
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15The Real and the Hyperreal: Dance and SimulacraThe Journal of Aesthetic Education 34 (2): 15. 2000.
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1Gregory J. Cooper, The Science of the Struggle for Existence Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 24 (6): 398-400. 2004.
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12Some remarks on science, method and nationalism in John LockeHistory of European Ideas 16 (1-3): 97-102. 1993.
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A Reassessment of Locke's Theory of Cognition of the External WorldDissertation, The University of Western Ontario (Canada). 1993.Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding has generally been read as primarily concerned with epistemology. In particular, it has been claimed that the Essay attempts to defeat epistemological skepticism, but fails in this enterprise because of the veiling character of Locke's ideas. By way of reexamination of the texts in question I show that epistemological skepticism is not the topic of the Essay, and that there is not sufficient reason to claim that Locke's account of knowledge leads to e…Read more
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20Reflections on reclamation through artEthics, Place and Environment 10 (3). 2007.Industrial interventions in the landscape leave their imprint in a permanent way, but there remain options on how to deal with land even at that point in time. In this essay, three alternatives are considered: leaving such sites as they are, restoring them to a condition resembling their original state, or transforming them into artworks. The author focuses in particular on the third option in order to determine to what degree it is possible for artistic reclamation to redeem such blights in the…Read more
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14Natural Beauty: A Theory of Aesthetics Beyond the Arts: Book Reviews (review)British Journal of Aesthetics 48 (4): 465-467. 2008.
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18The Intemperate Rainforest: Nature, Culture, and Power on Canada’s West CoastEnvironmental Ethics 26 (2): 205-208. 2004.
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6Bashô y la estética del caminar: por la recuperación del espacio, el reconocimiento de los lugares y el seguimienmto del universoContrastes: Revista Internacional de Filosofía 9 135-154. 2004.
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31Sustainability, culture and ethics: Models from latin AmericaEthics, Place and Environment 8 (2). 2005.In order to develop sustainable relationships with the natural environment it is necessary to focus on approaches that may yield workable models of sustainability. Here I sample a few approaches from Latin America that point toward a promising model of sustainability. I argue that these approaches share the idea that the natural environment is in very close interdependence with human beings and their communities. I also outline the beliefs and practices of certain Latin American populations whic…Read more
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80Nature Restoration Without DissimulationEssays in Philosophy 3 (1): 38-48. 2002.On the face of it, the expression "nature restoration" may seem an oxymoron, for one may ask whether it makes any sense to suppose that human beings could restore that which is not human. Several writers recently have argued that, strictly speaking, this is nonsense and, furthermore, that the conceptual confusion involved may lead to ethically problematic consequences. In this essay I begin by discussing the problematic perceived in the notion of nature restoration. I proceed to consider Japanes…Read more
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Gregory J. Cooper, The Science of the Struggle for Existence (review)Philosophy in Review 24 398-400. 2004.
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18Saber tradicional, ética de la tierra y sustentabilidadIsegoría 32. 2005.Éste ese! momento crucial para emprender formas de vida sustentables, por lo que resulta esencial adoptar una ética de la tierra que reconozca el valor intrínseco además del valor útil de los seres que pueblan nuestro medio ambiente natural. En este ensayo empiezo enfocando los obstáculos a que se enfrenta el desarrollo de una ética de la tierra, obstáculos que resultan ser el producto de conocimientos limitados y suposiciones equivocadas. En resolución de esas problemáticas prácticas apunto, pr…Read more
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55Journal Name: Apeiron Issue: Ahead of print
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110Nature, culture, and natural heritage: Toward a culture of natureEnvironmental Ethics 27 (4): 339-354. 2005.Nature and culture are usually treated as opposites. Nature, on this conception, is on the wane as a result of culture. A fresh analysis of the relation between these two terms in the light of the notion of “cultural landscapes” is needed. This account allows for nature to be understood as an important, distinctive category, even while granting the constitutive role of the culturally structured gaze. Culture and nature need not be conceived in opposition to each other, for it makes sense to spea…Read more
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University of VictoriaDepartment of Philosophy
School of Environmental StudiesAdjunct Professor In School of Environmental Studies, Associate Fellow At Centre for Global Studies -
Universidad de La LagunaOther (Part-time)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Areas of Specialization
Other Academic Areas |
History of Western Philosophy |
Metaphysics and Epistemology |