ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF UNDERSTANDING ECOLOGY IN REALIST PHILOSOPHY

Natalia GONDEK¹, ²

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 31 December 2023

Article No. 20231231092210878

Keywords: ecology, realistic metaphysics, Maryniarczyk Andrzej, Krąpiec Mieczysław, ecological philosophy

Abstract The article concentrates on the foundations of understanding ecology in realist philosophy. The main representatives of this proposal are A. Maryniarczyk and M. A. Krąpiec. They recognize that the concept of philosophical cognition inherent in realist philosophy, the reading of the nature of reality, the nature of man and his actions are all essential for building an ecological order of human activities focused on nature. Ecological philosophy (realistic metaphysics), ecological (enhanced) action and its source – ecological man with enhancements (virtues) – spring from ecological rationality, which has become well-ordered and prevailed over destruction by guiding the reading of the nature of things.

1. The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Department of Theory of Knowledge, Center for the Study on the Thought of John Paul II (The John Paul II Institute) at KUL

   ORCID: natalia.gondek@kul.pl

   E-mail: 0000-0002-5229-7016

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