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The Nature of Design
THE
NATURE
of DESIGN
Ecology, Culture, and Human Intention
David W. Orr
2002
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Orr, David W., 1944–.
The nature of design : ecology, culture, and human intention / by David W. Orr.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ).
ISBN 0-19-514855-X
1. Nature—Effect of human beings on.
2. Human ecology—Moral and ethical aspects.
3. Environmental responsibility.
4. Global environmental change.
I. Title.
GF75 .O77 2002
304.2'8—dc21 2001036413
We gratefully acknowledge permission from Blackwell Science, Ltd., to reprint
in this book, in somewhat altered form, material from the following articles by
David W. Orr that were originally published in Conservation Biology: “Technological
Fundamentalism” (8:2, June 1994); “Twine in the Baler” (8:4, December 1994);
“Conservatism and Conservation” (9:2, April 1995); “None So Blind” (9:5, October
1995); “Slow Knowledge” (10:3, June 1996); “Architecture as Pedagogy II” (11:3,
June 1997); “Speed” (12:1, February 1998); “The Limits of Nature and the Nature
of Limits” (12:4; August 1998); “The Architecture of Science” (13:2, April 1999);
“Verbicide” (13:4, August 1999); “Education, Careers, Callings” (13:6, December
1999); “2020: A Proposal” (14:2, April 2000); “Ideasclerosis I” (14:4, August 2000);
Ideasclerosis II” (14:6, December 2000).
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