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Kate Collyns Philosophy for Gardeners (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- Philosophy for Gardeners : Ideas and Paradoxes to Ponder in the Garden
- Publication Name
- Philosophy for Gardeners
- Title
- Philosophy for Gardeners
- Subtitle
- Ideas and paradoxes to ponder in the garden
- Format
- Hardcover
- EAN
- 9780711268210
- ISBN
- 9780711268210
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing Group UK
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Gardening, Philosophy
- Topic
- General, Agriculture / General, Essays, Essays & Narratives
- Release Date
- 29/03/2022
- Release Year
- 2022
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 8.6in
- Item Weight
- 16.3 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Item Width
- 6.6in
- Number of Pages
- 144 Pages
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Explore ideas, consider the big questions and learn life lessons in your garden . Gardening is an innately thoughtful as well as practical pastime : planning ahead, imagining how plants will grow, deciding what will make a 'good' garden, wondering at the beauty of flowers and noticing how ecosystems work. This delightful and engaging collection of essays illustrate how many philosophical ideas arise naturally in gardeners' everyday work . Growers by their nature are in fact already philosophers: existentialists who try to live and work by their own rules in a garden; stoics who put up with slug damage again and again, and try to work in harmony with nature; and practical quantum scientists who witness incredible processes going on in plant cells beneath the ground. In Philosophy for Gardeners , Kate Collyns uses aspects of gardening to introduce and explore a range of philosophical ideas and schools of thought; cultivating a greater understanding and appreciation of intriguing concepts , propagated from science, evolution and aesthetics through to politics, economics and ethics. Broken into four sections, Soil, Growth, Harvest and Cycles , each section explores questions of philosophy through the lens of the garden. A fascinating read , this book is as perfect for students of philosophy as it is for gardeners, filled with thought-provoking reflections on life, being and existence.
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Publisher
Quarto Publishing Group UK
ISBN-10
0711268215
ISBN-13
9780711268210
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8050082207
Product Key Features
Book Title
Philosophy for Gardeners : Ideas and Paradoxes to Ponder in the Garden
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Agriculture / General, Essays, Essays & Narratives
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Gardening, Philosophy
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.6in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.6in
Item Weight
16.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Sb454.3.P45
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It's perfect for anyone inclined to ponder life lessons while tending to their greenery and features lovely line drawings.
Table of Content
IntroductionPart 1: Soil 1.Mysteries of the soilPlatos Cave & unobserved causes 2.Planning the GardenImposing our individual rule on the natural world 3.Natural harmoniesBecoming one with nature 4. Utilitarianism & the greater goodFairness in the garden 5.Whats in a name?How important are definitions and accuracy?Part 2: Growth 6.Evolution & the plant-pest arms raceDarwin & worries about genetic modification in plants 7. The kindness of plantsGame theory & why cooperation is best 8.Nature versus nurtureWhen is a blank slate not blank? 9.Photosynthesis: quantum biology in plantsQuantum physics in the garden 10.Weeding: Zenos ParadoxHow can change happen when distance & time are infinitely divisible?Part 3: Harvest 11.The perfect tomatoDo ideal forms exist on a higher plane? 12.Art & beautyIs beauty in the eye of the beholder? 13.Miracle berries: are senses reliable?Is a lemon sweet or sour? 14.Minding your peas & cuesHow can we know anything? 15.Wealth from the dirtEconomics & the origin of valuePart 4: Cycles 16.Methuselah treesThe Ship of Theseus identity paradox 17.Heaps of seedsLogic & the sorites paradox 18.Composting: ultimate recyclingEntropy & reincarnation 19.In the shed: ethics & the pursuit of happinessHow to live the Good Life 20.The pragmatic gardenerPractical philosophy & getting off Buridans Ass Further Reading Index
Dewey Decimal
635.01
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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