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From Kathmandu to Toronto, what to do with waste has become a major
problem. In the UK this problem is dealt with by public inquiries.
These tend to involve emotive issues where human energy becomes
embroiled passionately, to satisfy personal desires. The author
deals with these issues by introducing the reader to the philosophy
of an American scientist and philosopher, Charles Sanders Peirce,
whose particular interest was logic - 'the science of drawing
conclusions': the greatest need of inquiries By providing a case
study of one such planning inquiry, the author considers aesthetic,
instrumental and scientific arguments which are connected to
Peirce's three categories: experiencer's feelings (Firstness),
actions (Secondness) and thoughts (Thirdness) as these refer to
something outside the self.Traditionally the pursuit of philosophy
was regarded as leading to wisdom through investigating man's
nature and his relationship to the world. Today the call is for
relevance, a view captured by John Dewey's insistence on how
philosophy can be put to good use within a culture. As a student of
Peirce, as well as an educational theorist and philosopher in his
own right, Dewey's work has had an important bearing on landscape
aesthetics. The author follows his example. He also relates the
issues of the inquiry to those in ecological ethics, showing how
arguments can be used to defend one's own piece of landscape
threatened by developments.
This important new study examines the work of Simone Weil; French
mystic, social philosopher, and activist in the French Resistance
in the Second World War. Weil's posthumously published works had a
major influence on French and English social thought. Philosophy
for Darker Times relates Weil's insights to specific significant
issues in our own time.
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