Nature and I are two: a critical examination of the biophilia hypothesis

In 1984, Edward O. Wilson proposed the idea that natural selection has resulted cin an adaptive love of life-forms and life-like processes ('biophilia') in humans. cTo date, the idea of biophilia has been viewed as an ultimate explanation of many cconservation attitudes in humans. In this paper, we contend that environmental cethics has little to gain from the biophilia hypothesis. First, the notion is open to cvarious and even conflicting interpretations. Second, the empirical findings that cdo seem to corroborate a more well-defined version of the biophilia hypothesis ccan often be accounted for by alternative hypotheses. Third, the evolutionary creasoning behind the biophilia hypothesis tends to be unclear, and sometimes ceven inaccurate. © 2011 The White Horse Press.

Publication year:2011

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