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Philosophy of Nature and Environment

Philosophy of Nature and Environment

Code	15574
Year	3
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Philosophy
Entry requirements	.
Learning outcomes	This course aims to give the student theoretical knowledge of the philosophical problematization of what nature and the environment are, as well as of the human relationship with nature and the environment. At the end of the course, the student should have developed skills and competences: a) Basic -Identify and describe the main problematics addressed by the philosophical study of nature and the environment; b) Operational -To understand and use the concepts and methodologies of the main philosophical proposals in the field, namely in the formation of ethical and environmental judgments and in the understanding of the relationship with nature; c) Transversal - Develop self-reflective capacity on environmental issues of relationship with nature and understanding of its "nature".
Syllabus	1. Ecobiography and interdependence 2. Ethics of land and ecosophy 3. Ecofeminism 4. Walking—a philosophy of nature 5. Concept of ecology - Ecology of things - Evolution and endosymbiosis - Interspecies coexistence and otherness
Main Bibliography	Bennett, Janet (2010), Vibrant Matter - a political ecology of things, Duke University Press. Gros, Frédéric (2009/2023), Caminhar. Uma filosofia, Antígona. Guattari, Felix (1989), Três Ecologias, Papirus. Haraway, Donna (2016/2021), O Manifesto das Espécies Companheiras. Bazar do Tempo. Leopold, Aldo (1949/2023), Pensar como uma montanha, Editora Maldoror. Margulis, Lynn; Sagan, Dorion (2025), Gaia e Filosofia. Fora de Jogo. Naess, Arne (1989), Ecology, Community and Lifestyle. Outline of an ecosophy, Cambridge University Press. Pierron, Jean-Philippe (2021), Je est un Nous: enquête philosophique sur nos interdépendences avec le vivant, Actes Sud. Plumwood, Val (1993/1997), Feminism and the mastery of nature, Routledge. Plumwood, Val (2002), Environmental culture. The ecological crisis of reason, Routledge.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.