-
277Health and environment from adaptation to adaptivity: a situated relational accountHistory and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 44 (3): 1-28. 2022.The definitions and conceptualizations of health, and the management of healthcare have been challenged by the current global scenarios (e.g., new diseases, new geographical distribution of diseases, effects of climate change on health, etc.) and by the ongoing scholarship in humanities and science. In this paper we question the mainstream definition of health adopted by the WHO—‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ (WHO i…Read more
-
14Editorial: Changing Perspectives on Landscape Perception: Seeking Common Ground Between the Psychological Sciences and the HumanitiesFrontiers in Psychology 11. 2020.
-
33From Non-Place to RhizomeEnvironment, Space, Place 3 (2): 22-50. 2011.Rosario Assunto, an Italian philosopher of aesthetics begins one of his most interesting and dense essays with a terrifying image about the Earth where we live—“calvizie della terra dissacrata” (1983, 15)—meaning that the Earth becomes bald because of the actions of the man and loses every characteristics of beauty and sacredness. According to Assunto’s theory the homo oeconomicus is the author and the promoter of a Promethean, titanic, industrial, and malodorous town where the sense of art, bea…Read more
-
58Landscape and Health: Connecting Psychology, Aesthetics, and Philosophy through the Concept of AffordanceFrontiers in Psychology 7. 2016.
Laura Menatti
KLI, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research Klosterneuburg, Austria
-
KLI, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research Klosterneuburg, AustriaPost-doctoral Fellow
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
History of Western Philosophy |
Philosophy, Misc |