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> To: 	Joanne Sharp; Clare Palmer
> Subject: 	Call for Papers: Autonomy of Nature
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> >Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 14:20:33 -0500
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> >CALL FOR PAPERS FOR AN EDITED BOOK:
> >
> >Recognizing the Autonomy of Nature
> >
> >
> >In modern times anthropogenic changes in the natural environment have
> >become so considerable that a rethinking of our relationship to nature
> has
> >become imperative. This book is intended as an exploration of the idea
> >that such a rethinking calls for the recognition of the autonomy of
> >nature, namely coming to terms with nature's self-directedness and the
> >respect that this may call for.
> >
> >One of the questions to be explored is whether knowing nature is really
> >possible, or whether what appears to us as nature is merely the result of
> >our preconceptions. That is, whether, despite ever-present mediation by
> >and through our conceptualisations or ideologies, nature does show its
> >face in the cracks between our expectations, possibly throwing into
> >disarray, if even only momentarily, our well-worn ways of experiencing.
> >
> >The other question is whether it makes sense to think of non-human nature
> >as autonomous, and whether there are ways to make it evident that it is
> >so. The question is, moreover, whether, if non-human nature indeed may be
> >properly understood as autonomous, a respect analogous to the respect
> >required by the autonomy of human beings is called for. In other ways,
> the
> >question is whether there are ways of knowing that may contribute to the
> >development of moral practices adequate to our situation among the
> various
> >human and non-human beings that surround us.
> >
> >Contributions: Papers and Abstracts
> >Please send papers that are philosophically informed as well grounded in
> >concrete practice. Papers should be addressed to a diverse audience,
> which
> >means that, while pursuing the topic in depth, they should be
> intelligible
> >to non-specialists.
> >
> >Send papers as soon as possible, and up until May 31, 2000. Essays should
> >be no more than 5000 words long (excluding notes), submitted in
> duplicate,
> >type written, double-spaced, written according to the specifications of
> >The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed.; they should be prepared for blind
> >refereeing with the author(s) name, institutional affiliation (if
> >available), mailing address and e-address appearing on a separate sheet.
> >Essays should be accompanied by a self-addressed and stamped envelope.
> >Decisions regarding inclusion in the volume will be made by September
> 2000.
> >
> >Expressions of interest accompanied by abstracts of  up to 100 words
> >should be sent as soon as possible.
> >
> >Background
> >This book project began as part of a seven-day long Symposium and Seminar
> >on "Ethics and Natural Environmental Change: Recognising the Autonomy of
> >Nature," held as part of the Learned Societies Congress in St. John's and
> >Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada, in June 1997. The present Call for
> >Papers is intended to complete the set of papers already selected from
> >among the presentations at these events.
> >
> >Victoria, 27 November 1999
> >
> >
> >Thomas Heyd, Ph.D.
> >Department of Philosophy
> >University of Victoria
> >Victoria, British Columbia
> >V8W 3P4, Canada
> >
> >Telephone 250 - 381 2239
> >Facsimile   250 - 721 7511
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