Freya Mathews Explained

Freya Mathews is an Australian environmental philosopher whose main work has been in the areas of ecological metaphysics and panpsychism.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Her current special interests are in ecological civilization; indigenous (Australian and Chinese) perspectives on "sustainability" and how these perspectives may be adapted to the context of contemporary global society; panpsychism and critique of the metaphysics of modernity; and wildlife ethics and rewilding in the context of the Anthropocene.[6] [7]

Mathews has been teaching in Australian universities since 1979.[8] She currently holds the post of Adjunct Professor of Environmental Philosophy at La Trobe University. Mathews is the author of several books and over seventy articles on ecological philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and politics. In addition to her research activities she manages a private biodiversity reserve in northern Victoria, Australia.[9] She is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.[9]

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Mathews's philosophy features a holistic approach to environmental ethics with a metaphysical basis. Particularly, she draws from Baruch Spinoza's notion of "ethic of interconnectedness", which treats the features of the natural world as attributes of the same underlying substance.[10] Her advocacy of ontopoetics, which she described as a meaningful communicative exchanges between self and the world, is an aspect to this philosophical view.[11] She also promotes a kind of ecocentrism to address and sustain inconvenient, and time-consuming conservation practice.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: History of Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand. Oppy. Graham. Trakakis. Nick. Monash University Publishing. 2014. Melbourne. 233, 568–569.
  2. Book: A Companion to Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand. Oppy. Graham. Trakakis. Nick. Monash University Publishing. 2010. Melbourne. 22, 28, 161–164, 241–242, 335.
  3. Web site: Environmental Philosophy. Brennan. Andrew. Lo. Yeuk-Sze. 2015. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 20 Jan 2016.
  4. Web site: Panpsychism. Skrbina. David. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 20 Jan 2016.
  5. Web site: Panpsychism. Bonansea. Bernadine. Bruentrup. Godehard. 2013. Fastiggi. Robert. New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-13. Ethics and Philosophy. Gale. Detroit. 20 Jan 2016.
  6. Web site: La Trobe University Staff page. 20 Jan 2016. 5 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150405011054/http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities/about/staff/profile?uname=FMathews. dead.
  7. Web site: Freya Mathews. 20 Jan 2016.
  8. Book: Newman, Julie. Green Ethics and Philosophy: An A-to-Z Guide. SAGE. 2011. 978-1-4129-9687-7. Thousand Oaks, CA. 317.
  9. Web site: The Academy Fellows. Australian Academy of the Humanities. 21 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160807085527/http://humanities.org.au/Fellowship/FindFellows/tabid/123/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1806/Mathews-Freya.aspx. 7 August 2016. dead.
  10. Book: Canfield, John. Philosophy of Meaning, Knowledge and Value in the Twentieth Century: Routledge History of Philosophy Volume 10. Routledge. 2012. 978-1-134-93573-4. Oxon. 258.
  11. Book: Iovino. Serenella. Material Ecocriticism. Oppermann. Serpil. Indiana University Press. 2014. 978-0-253-01395-8. Bloomington, IN. 285.
  12. Book: Mathews, Freya. Ecology and Democracy. Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.. 2017. 978-0714642529. London. 100.

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