Philosophy and Geography Iii: Philosophies of Place
Philip Brey,
Lee Caragata,
James Dickinson,
David Glidden,
Sara Gottlieb,
Bruce Hannon,
Ian Howard,
Jeff Malpas,
Katya Mandoki,
Jonathan Maskit,
Bryan G. Norton,
Roger Paden,
David Roberts,
Holmes Rolston Iii,
Izhak Schnell,
Jonathon M. Smith,
David Wasserman &
Mick Womersley (eds.)
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (
1998)
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Abstract
A growing literature testifies to the persistence of place as an incorrigible aspect of human experience, identity, and morality. Place is a common ground for thought and action, a community of experienced particulars that avoids solipsism and universalism. It draws us into the philosophy of the ordinary, into familiarity as a form of knowledge, into the wisdom of proximity. Each of these essays offers a philosophy of place, and reminds us that such philosophies ultimately decide how we make, use, and understand places, whether as accidents, instruments, or fields of care