NATURE AND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE: Defining and refining the relationship between the human self and nature

by Daniel Harris

This book is for anyone interested in the relationship between human understanding and nature, and how it can influence our health and wellbeing. In this book agreements from ancient and modern philosophy are drawn together to find a meaningful psychological connection with nature in modern times. It can seem difficult to reconcile human ideals and the human self with nature. They can seem incompatible. Nature and the Human Experience provides a way of developing a meaningful connection between the human self and nature by focusing on general organisational processes experienced in both objective and subjective reality. The various ways in which humanity attempts to form an accord with nature, are compared and contrasted. The merits and limits of different forms of explanation such as the scientific, mystical, and religious are considered. Do the various methods used by humanity to gain understanding of nature have general principles in common despite their apparent differences? It is suggested that they do because there is a common structure to the human perception of natural phenomena. It is argued that the common structure is the key to a true understanding of the place of humanity in nature, and that a deeper understanding maintains wellbeing.

188 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 4, 2019

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