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environmental philosophy  

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  • Environmental philosophy is a branch of systematic philosophy that started addressing the global environmental situation in the second half of the 20th century. Environmental philosophy appears as a philosophical reaction to the worldwide deterioration in the environment and to its partial analysis by biologic and system sciences. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Environmental Philosophy]

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