Natural sciences and environmental issues: A contribution from the philosophy of environmental sciences

Autor: Christian Federico Francese, Federico Martín Di Pasquo, Gabriela Ruth Klier, Guillermo Folguera, Tomás Emilio Busan, Paula Blois
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Popis: The environmental issue has been considered a 'starting point' for certain epistemological transformations that aim at rethinking the way of performing science and interpreting the nature-society relationship. In this paper, we will explore controversial disputes in the natural science field through the analysis of a particular case study: the socio-environmental issues (SEIs) in the Argentinean Gran Chaco. Analysing the relation between scientific problems and SEIs and the traditional scientific approximations, our conclusions point that environmental issues arouse challenges to the sciences, to the way they are thought of, situated and built. They make manifestation of the idea that it is crucial to recover the 'for what' of the scientific practice, building a science that dialogues with other voices and with a starting point in local and situated problems. Fil: Klier, Gabriela Ruth. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Busan, Tomás Emilio. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Di Pasquo, Federico Martín. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Blois, Paula. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Francese, Christian Federico. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Folguera, Guillermo. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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