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550Biomimicry and the Materiality of Ecological Technology and InnovationEnvironmental Philosophy 13 (2): 195-214. 2016.In this paper, we reflect on the concept of nature that is presupposed in biomimetic approaches to technology and innovation. Because current practices of biomimicry presuppose a technological model of nature, it is questionable whether its claim of being a more ecosystem friendly approach to technology and innovation is justified. In order to maintain the potentiality of biomimicry as ecological innovation, we explore an alternative to this technological model of nature. To this end, we reflect…Read more
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287The Metaphysics of Collaboration: Identity, Unity and Difference in Cross-sector Partnerships for Sustainable DevelopmentPhilosophy of Management 13 (2): 53-74. 2014.In this article, we critically discuss the ideal of alignment, unity and harmony in cross-sector partnerships for wicked problems like sustainable development. We explore four characteristics of the concepts of identity, unity and difference which are presupposed in the partnership and collaboration literature, and point at their metaphysical origin. Based on our analysis of these four characteristics, we show the limitations of the metaphysical concepts of identity and difference in the case of…Read more
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Kontroversen über die sprache.: Die einseitigkeit Von heideggers auseinandersetzung mit Ernst jüngerExistentia 17 (1-2): 19-30. 2007.
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309Ecological Innovation: Biomimicry as a New Way of Thinking and Acting EcologicallyJournal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 29 (2): 203-217. 2016.In this article, we critically reflect on the concept of biomimicry. On the basis of an analysis of the concept of biomimicry in the literature and its philosophical origin, we distinguish between a strong and a weaker concept of biomimicry. The strength of the strong concept of biomimicry is that nature is seen as a measure by which to judge the ethical rightness of our technological innovations, but its weakness is found in questionable presuppositions. These presuppositions are addressed by t…Read more
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Wageningen University and ResearchCommunication, Philosophy and Technology (CPT)Associate Professor
Wageningen, GE, Netherlands
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