Exploring philosophy: faking nature

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Exploring philosophy: faking nature provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 9 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • Commercial exploitation of nature, such as mining, fracking, or generating hydro-electric power, often damages the way the natural environment looks. What if the environment could be restored to ...

Syllabus
    • Week1Week 1: Originals and copies
    • Introduction
    • 1 Key questions
    • 2 Your views
    • 3 Fake objects and real experiences
    • 4 Elliot: Part I
    • Summary of Week 1
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week2Week 2: Restoring nature
    • Introduction
    • 1 Daisy Dixon
    • 2 Elliot: Part II
    • 3 Changing perceptions
    • 4 The value of originality
    • 5 Erich Hatala Matthes
    • Summary of Week 2
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week3Week 3: Art, nature and baselines
    • Introduction
    • 1 Dixon on art and nature
    • 2 Elliot: Part III
    • 3 Elliot: Part IV
    • 4 Two final issues
    • 4.1 The value of nature
    • 4.2 The ‘baseline problem’
    • 5 Have your views changed?
    • 6 End-of-course summary
    • References
    • Acknowledgements