A Philosophical Discourse of the Earth

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by Svitlana Pylypenko1 and Olha Ivashchenko2
1 State Biotechnological University (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
2 Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/phil-cosm/28/2
Received: 21 October 2021 / Accepted: 20 November 2021 / Published: 27 January 2022

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Abstract

The authors examined a philosophical discourse of the Earth in the New History. The purpose of the study is to prove the practical importance of the philosophical discourse of the Earth for advancing human civilization. The nature of philosophy means the transformation of the discourse and the way of human life in accordance with the intelligible complexity of the Earth and the Universe. A holistic view of the Earth and the Universe is used by humans in the proclaimed cultural ideal, with the help of which they achieve the ordering (harmonization) of their way of life with the laws of the Earth and the Universe. The authors identified and considered three stages of a holistic view of the process of transforming the Earth and the Universe: (1) The concept of the biosphere and noosphere by Vladimir Vernadsky; (2) the Gaia hypothesis by James Lovelock; and (3) the “Evolving matter” theory by Oleg Bazaluk. The use of knowledge about the nature of the Earth and the Universe transformation determines human activities and the limits of an individual’s self-actualization. Essentially, a philosophical discourse of the Earth focuses on the practice of human transformation of the Earth and the nearby space.

Keywords: philosophical discourse, Vladimir Vernadsky, James Lovelock, Oleg Bazaluk, biosphere, “Evolving matter” theory, Gaia hypothesis, practice,

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Pylypenko, Svitlana and Olha Ivashchenko (2022) A Philosophical Discourse of the Earth. Philosophy and Cosmology, Volume 28, 22-31. https://doi.org/10.29202/phil-cosm/28/2
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