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291The Ideal of a Zero-Waste Humanity: Philosophical Reflections on the Demand for a Bio-Based EconomyJournal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 28 (2): 353-374. 2015.In this paper we inquire into the fundamental assumptions that underpin the ideal of the Bio-Based Economy as it is currently developed . By interpreting the BBE from the philosophical perspective on economy developed by Georges Bataille, we demonstrate how the BBE is fully premised on a thinking of scarcity. As a result, the BBE exclusively frames economic problems in terms of efficient production, endeavoring to exclude a thinking of abundance and wastefulness. Our hypothesis is that this not …Read more
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18Recensies - René ten Bos & Mollie Painter-Morland (2013). Bedrijfsethiek. Filosofische Perspectieven. Amsterdam: Boom, 236 pp., 32,50 € (review)Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 106 (1): 94-97. 2014.Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our aim is to make current research available to scholars, students, innovators, and the general public. AUP stands for scholarly excellence, global presence, and engagement with the international academic community.
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240Heidegger and Derrida on the Nature of Questioning: Towards the Rehabilitation of Questioning in Contemporary PhilosophyJournal of the British Society for Phenomenology 46 (4): 307-322. 2015.In this article, the Heidegger and Derrida controversy about the nature of questioning is revisited in order to rehabilitate questioning as an essential characteristic of contemporary philosophy. After exploring Heidegger's characterization of philosophy as questioning and Derrida's criticism of the primacy of questioning, we will evaluate Derrida's criticism and articulate three characteristics of Heidegger's concept of questioning. After our exploration of Heidegger's concept of questioning, w…Read more
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Wageningen University and ResearchCommunication, Philosophy and Technology (CPT)Associate Professor
Wageningen, GE, Netherlands
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