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It is a rather widely accepted idea that philosophy is a totally abstract subject and that it is completely remote from everyday life. A philosopher is usually supposed to be somebody who — detached from ordinary life — thinks about the ultimate meaning of existence. But: “Regardless … of the role of the philosopher, and regardless of how remote we may think his activities are from our immediate concerns, the philosopher has been engaged in considering problems that are of importance to all of us, either directly or indirectly.” (Popkin et al. 198LXIV) In any case, the philosopher attempts to work out some general and coherent conception of the world as such and of human affairs in it. Are his ideas always very remote from the world? Sometimes they are, sometimes they are not. As far as ecology is concerned, I believe they are not remote, but rather very material.
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Pyra, L. (2004). The Metaphysical Foundations of Environmental Philosophy. In: Tymieniecka, AT. (eds) Does the World Exist?. Analecta Husserliana, vol 79. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0047-5_47
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