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ANTHROPOCENTRIC [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2024-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy and Religion
  • Environment
CONT

The anthropocentric view refers to the human centric view that takes humans as the superior beings who dominate the world and all other beings are means to the human end.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie et religion
  • Environnement

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Filosofía y religión
  • Medio ambiente
CONT

La idea de la visión antropocéntrica se debe definir desde las perspectivas filosóficas, antropológicas y teológicas, establecidas en la Edad Media, en donde se consideraba al ser humano "como la cúspide en la pirámide de la creación", la criatura más completa y más compleja de la obra de Dios.

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Record 2 1998-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy (General)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Anthropology
DEF

Centring in man; regarding man as the central fact of the universe, to which all surrounding facts have reference.

CONT

The anthropocentric error, that Man is the premeditated aim of the creation of the earth.

OBS

Compare with "biocentric".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Anthropologie
DEF

Qui considère l'homme, l'humanité comme l'élément central (essentiel ou final) de l'univers.

CONT

Théorie anthropocentrique.

Spanish

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Record 3 1990-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
  • Environment
CONT

The environment that surrounds man, is most of the time limited, for him, to what he perceives around him and what he values in order to preserve and possibly improve his conditions of living. This concept of anthropocentrical preservation expresses a will to make static what is essentially dynamic and evolutive.

OBS

See record for "anthropocentric concept".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
  • Environnement
CONT

L'environnement, ce qui entoure l'homme, se limite le plus souvent, pour ce dernier, à ce qu'il perçoit autour de lui et à ce à quoi il tient pour pouvoir conserver et, si possible, améliorer ses conditions de vie. Cette notion de conservation anthropocentrique s'exprime par une volonté de rendre statique ce qui est essentiellement dynamique et évolutif.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

... environmental impact is inherently an anthropocentric concept. It is centred on the effects of human activities and ultimately involves a value judgement by society of the significance or importance of these effects.

OBS

"Anthropocentrism": Doctrine regarding man as of central importance in the universe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales

Spanish

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