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    The Ethics of “Place”: Reflections on Bioregionalism
    Environmental Ethics 22 (1): 5-24. 2000.
    The idea of “place” has become a topic of growing interest in environmental ethics literature. I explore a variety of issues surrounding the conceptualization of “place” in bioregional theory. I show that there is a necessary vagueness in bioregional definitions of region or place because these concepts elude any purely objective, geographically literal categorization. I argue that this elusiveness is in fact a great meritbecause it calls attention to a more essential “subjective” and experienti…Read more
  •  279
    The Ethics of “Place”: Reflections on Bioregionalism
    Environmental Ethics 22 (1): 5-24. 2000.
    The idea of “place” has become a topic of growing interest in environmental ethics literature. I explore a variety of issues surrounding the conceptualization of “place” in bioregional theory. I show that there is a necessary vagueness in bioregional definitions of region or place because these concepts elude any purely objective, geographically literal categorization. I argue that this elusiveness is in fact a great meritbecause it calls attention to a more essential “subjective” and experienti…Read more
  •  114
    Hegel on Metaphilosophy and the “Philosophic Spectator”
    Idealistic Studies 16 (3): 205-217. 1986.
    In this article I will discuss various aspects of Hegel’s radical critique of metaphilosophy. This critique announces a clear-cut departure from the widely held conviction in the philosophic tradition that in order to gain a firm foundation for science, a preliminary examination of the capacity and nature of knowledge is required. Hegel’s position is that such a propaedeutic is impossible. In the first part of this article, I will show how Hegel’s position can be illuminated in terms of his crit…Read more
  •  98
    Hegel and Marx on Nature and Ecology
    Journal of Philosophical Research 22 145-179. 1997.
    While neither Hegel nor Marx can be called “ecologists” in any strict sense of the term, they both present views of the human-nature relationship which offer important insights for contemporary debates in philosophical ecology. Further, while Marx and Engels began a tradition of sharply distinguishing their own views of nature from those of Hegel, careful examination reveals a substantial commonality of sentiment. The essay compares Hegel and Marx (and Engels) in terms of their basic conceptions…Read more
  •  30
    Hegel's Theory of Madness
    State University of New York Press. 1995.
    This book shows how an understanding of the nature and role of insanity in Hegel's writing provides intriguing new points of access to many of the central themes of his larger philosophic project.
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    Can There Be a “Humanistic” Ecology?
    Social Theory and Practice 20 (3): 279-309. 1994.
    The article engages the current debate between humanistic' and anti-humanistic' alternatives for an ecological philosophy by putting Heidegger and Hegel into dialogue. It is argued that Heidegger's portrait of Hegel's philosophy as a form of humanism' which foreshadows the modern logic of domination and exploitation of nature is highly misleading. Hegel's humanistic' position can allow for a genuinely ecological vision of nature, which, while not as radically ecological as Heidegger's, may in fa…Read more
  •  27
    Hegel's Eschatological Vision: Does History Have a Future?
    History and Theory 27 (1): 14-29. 1988.
    There is a strongly entrenched ambiguity in Hegel's philosophy between two opposed ways of describing the End, or "completion" of history: the "absolutist" and the "epochal" readings. Either Hegel's eschatological vision is of a completely final End, where no further progress in history or knowledge is possible, or it is an epochal conception, where the completion he speaks of is the fulfillment of an historical epoch. Passages in Hegel's texts may be found to support either of these alternative…Read more
  •  26
    Introduction : Rorschach tests -- A question of style -- Live or tell -- Kierkegaard's seductions -- Hegel's seductions -- Talking cures -- A penchant for disguise : the death (and rebirth) of the author in Kierkegaard and Nietzsche -- Passing over : the death of the author in Hegel -- Conclusion : the melancholy of having finished -- Aftersong : from low down.
  •  26
    Hegel and Marx on Nature and Ecology
    Journal of Philosophical Research 22 145-179. 1997.
    While neither Hegel nor Marx can be called “ecologists” in any strict sense of the term, they both present views of the human-nature relationship which offer important insights for contemporary debates in philosophical ecology. Further, while Marx and Engels began a tradition of sharply distinguishing their own views of nature from those of Hegel, careful examination reveals a substantial commonality of sentiment. The essay compares Hegel and Marx (and Engels) in terms of their basic conceptions…Read more
  •  25
    Hegel's Epistemological Realism (review)
    Review of Metaphysics 45 (1): 157-158. 1991.
    This book presents a sophisticated, ambitious, and very valuable reading of Hegel's "absolute idealist" philosophy as being committed to a position of epistemological realism. Westphal's method of approach incorporates two basic levels of analysis. First, the work gives a very close examination of the "Introduction" to the Phenomenology of Spirit, tracing out the structure of Hegel's argument for epistemological realism and the way in which a successful realism requires a socio-historical ground…Read more
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    The Decentering of Reason
    International Studies in Philosophy 25 (1): 9-25. 1993.
  •  19
    Freud's critique of philosophy
    Metaphilosophy 20 (3-4): 274-294. 1989.
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    Hegel’s Grand Synthesis: A Study of Being, Thought, and History
    State University of New York Press. 1989.
    Berthold-Bond (philosophy, Bard College) traces the project through Hegel's epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of history. Paper edition ($18.95) not seen. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR