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(2018) Axiomathes 28 (5).
Intuitively, an object is something that coheres internally and is largely independent of its environment. But what is the environment? Viewed at one scale, it surrounds and separates objects and differentiates them. Viewed at another scale, it is itself a collection of objects surrounded by (more) environment. At all scales, we describe the world in terms of objects in an environment. I examine the nature of the environment and its role in mediating the object-subject relation. This dedicated analysis of the environment provides a new perspective on the notion of objectivity.
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DOI: 10.1007/s10516-018-9385-3
Full citation:
McDonnell, J. (2018). Mind and the environment. Axiomathes 28 (5), pp. 521-538.
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