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Exploring philosophy: faking nature
Exploring philosophy: faking nature

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2 Elliot: Part II

In this section, you will return to your reading of Elliot’s article.

Activity 2

Timing: Spend around 20 minutes on this activity.

Read from the beginning of Part II of Elliot’s article [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]   to the bottom of p. 84, then answer the questions below.

  1. What does the environmentalist need to defeat the restoration thesis?
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  1. As Elliot says, ‘The environmentalist needs to appeal to some feature which cannot be replicated as a source of some part of a natural area’s value’ (p. 84).
  1. Where does Elliot think the environmentalist ought to look?
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  1. He suggests they should ‘take over a notion from aesthetics’: the contrast between ‘the real thing’ and a ‘fake or a forgery’ (p. 84).
  1. State the objection to his view that Elliot considers.
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  1. The objection is that the distinction between what is and what is not natural cannot be made out. If this is so, it would not be possible to talk about ‘nature’ and ‘the values of nature’ (p. 84).