Freya Mathews
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Freya Mathews is an Australia
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n philosopher and author
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. Her work is mainly concerned with ecological philosophy but also deals with questions of metaphysics
Metaphysics
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, epistemology, ethics
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 and politics
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 as well as a variety of themes, such as cosmology
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, place
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Place identity refers to a cluster of ideas about place and identity in the fields of geography, urban planning, urban design, landscape architecture, environmental psychology, and urban sociology/ecological sociology. It concerns the meaning and significance of places for their inhabitants and users...

, identity and indigeneity versus modernity
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. Mathews was Associate Professor in Philosophy at Latrobe University till 2008 and is currently a research fellow and graduate supervisor there.

Books

Her books include:
  • The Ecological Self , Routledge, London, 1991. Reissued 1993; paperback 1994
  • For Love of Matter: A Contemporary Panpsycism, SUNY Press, Albany, 2003
  • Journey to the Source of the Merri, Ginninderra Press, Canberra, 2003
  • Reinhabiting Reality: Towards a Recovery of Culture,SUNY Press, Albany, 2005

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