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Max Oelschlaeger (born in 1943 in
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) is an American
ecological Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...
philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...
, active in the study of Environmental Ethics, Environmental Philosophy, Ecofeminism, Deep Ecology, Philosophy of Ecology, Contemporary Environmental Issues, Postmodern Environmental Ethics, and the Philosophy of Wilderness.


Biography

Max Oelschlaeger attended Southern Illinois University from 1965-1973 earning a Ph.D. in Philosophy Oelschlaeger has authored numerous journal articles, encyclopedia references, and several books. He is affiliated with the
Center for Environmental Philosophy The Center for Environmental Philosophy is a non-profit organization that supports a range of scholarly activities that explore philosophical aspects of environmental problems. It publishes the scholarly journal ''Environmental Ethics (journal), E ...
at the University of North Texas. He also leads workshops and gives lectures at universities around the country. Past lectures include appearances at Evergreen State College in Washington State, Bates University in Maine, and Salisbury University in Maryland.


List of books

* Caring for Creation: An Ecumenical Approach to the Environmental Crisis. Yale University Press, 1994. Paper back edition by Yale University Press, 1996. * The Idea of Wilderness: From Prehistory to the Age of Ecology. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. Paper back edition by Yale University Press, 1993. * The Environmental Imperative: A Socio-Economic Perspective. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1977.


List of books edited

* Postmodern Environmental Ethics. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995. * The Company of Others: Essays in Honor of Paul Shepard. Durango, Col.: Kivaki Publishing, 1995. * The Wilderness Condition: Essays on Environment and Civilization. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1992. Paper back edition by Island Press, 1992. * After Earth Day: Continuing the Conservation Effort. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1992. Paper back edition by UNT Press, 1992. Books (in process) * Texas Land Ethics, with Pete A. Y. Gunter, University of Texas Press (forthcoming, 1996). * Nature's Odyssey: Essays on Environment and Wilderness, for Yale University Press (expected completion, early 1996).


See also

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ecological Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...
philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
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Environmental ethics In environmental philosophy, environmental ethics is an established field of practical philosophy "which reconstructs the essential types of argumentation that can be made for protecting natural entities and the sustainable use of natural resourc ...
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Environmental philosophy Environmental philosophy is a branch of philosophy that is concerned with the natural environment and humans' place within it. It asks crucial questions about human environmental relations such as "What do we mean when we talk about nature?" "What ...
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Ecofeminism Ecofeminism is a branch of feminism and political ecology. Ecofeminist thinkers draw on the concept of gender to analyse the relationships between humans and the natural world. The term was coined by the French writer Françoise d'Eaubonne in h ...
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Natural philosophy Natural philosophy or philosophy of nature (from Latin ''philosophia naturalis'') is the philosophical study of physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior throu ...
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List of Environmental Philosophers A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...


References

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