Philosophy 250 - Environmental Thinking T.Davis

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Whitman College

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This course will explore the differences between instrumental rationality and "poetic dwelling" as ways of thinking about nature. After reviewing the depiction of nature in first-year Core texts, we turn to Thoreau ? Wald en as a carefully staged confrontation with nature experienced from out of the intersection between dwelling and writing. To further explore this relationship, we consider several late essays by Martin Heidegger in which he develops the notion of "poetic dwelling." With this conceptual framework, we next turn to essays by such figures as Wendell Berry, Annie Dillard, and Barry Lopez, whose nature writings address the challenge of dwelling in a contemporary American context. Themes of place, identity, and technology will be emphasized in our examination of these ess ays. Prerequis ite: completion of General Studies 145 and 1

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

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