Part 18 on Geology, Politics and Philosophy: How does Climate Change and Geology affect our Political Discourse? – So what is Nature?

 

Part 18 on Geology, Politics and Philosophy: How does Climate Change and Geology affect our Political Discourse? – So what is Nature?

The Topic Idea

Nature can be seen in a weird light. The Romantics gave it poetic elements, while natural scientists reduced to a machine of calculations.

James Hutton, the genius of geology

Interesting video on the subject

 

Part 18 on Geology, Politics and Philosophy: How does Climate Change and Geology affect our Political Discourse? – So what is Nature? / Working & Learning at the University of Edinburgh - Student Ambassador, Geologist, Red Lichtie by blogadmin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0

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