Download or read book The Presence of Nature written by S. James and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-11-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are any nonhuman animals conscious? Why, if at all, should we strive to conserve natural environments? In what sense are we parts of nature? Simon James draws on a range of philosophical and literary sources to develop original answers to these and other questions, setting out a refreshingly new approach to environmental philosophy.