An enquiry into the ontological and logical foundations of sustainability: Toward a conceptual integration of the interface ‘Nature/Humanity’

Implementing the logical and ontological principles (dualism, mechanicism, reductionism, law of excluded middle, etc.) of modernity has brought forth an unsustainable world. An overcoming of these principles is proposed by mesology (Umweltlehre, fûdoron), centring on the concept of trajection and th...

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Main Author: Augustin Berque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2019-01-01
Series:Global Sustainability
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059479819000097/type/journal_article
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spelling doaj.art-44fd52db3edf4b48b3b9eb9e54b0f6692023-03-09T12:43:40ZengCambridge University PressGlobal Sustainability2059-47982019-01-01210.1017/sus.2019.9An enquiry into the ontological and logical foundations of sustainability: Toward a conceptual integration of the interface ‘Nature/Humanity’Augustin Berque0Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Géographie culturelle, Paris, FranceImplementing the logical and ontological principles (dualism, mechanicism, reductionism, law of excluded middle, etc.) of modernity has brought forth an unsustainable world. An overcoming of these principles is proposed by mesology (Umweltlehre, fûdoron), centring on the concept of trajection and the existential operator as (als, en tant que).https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059479819000097/type/journal_articlelogicmesologyontologyparadigmsustainability
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An enquiry into the ontological and logical foundations of sustainability: Toward a conceptual integration of the interface ‘Nature/Humanity’
Global Sustainability
logic
mesology
ontology
paradigm
sustainability
title An enquiry into the ontological and logical foundations of sustainability: Toward a conceptual integration of the interface ‘Nature/Humanity’
title_full An enquiry into the ontological and logical foundations of sustainability: Toward a conceptual integration of the interface ‘Nature/Humanity’
title_fullStr An enquiry into the ontological and logical foundations of sustainability: Toward a conceptual integration of the interface ‘Nature/Humanity’
title_full_unstemmed An enquiry into the ontological and logical foundations of sustainability: Toward a conceptual integration of the interface ‘Nature/Humanity’
title_short An enquiry into the ontological and logical foundations of sustainability: Toward a conceptual integration of the interface ‘Nature/Humanity’
title_sort enquiry into the ontological and logical foundations of sustainability toward a conceptual integration of the interface nature humanity
topic logic
mesology
ontology
paradigm
sustainability
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