A New approach to thje idea of environment in the light of Zurek's existantial interpretation

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This thesis aims to contribute to ecocentric views by revising and criticising Callicott's conception of environment and ecocentric ethics that he develops in the light of ecology and the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum physics. The thesis also aims to support the ecocentric point of view by suggesting a different approach to the conception of environment in the light of the Existential Interpretation.

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Existentialism., Environmentalism.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21871

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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D. Ölçek, “A New approach to thje idea of environment in the light of Zurek’s existantial interpretation,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2012.