The Earth as a Living Superorganism: from the Scientific Gaia (hypothesis) to the Metaphysics of Nature

John Ifeanyi Okoro

The Earth as a Living Superorganism: from the Scientific Gaia (hypothesis) to the Metaphysics of Nature
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Country
Switzerland
Published
30 November 2004
Pages
410
ISBN
9783631532836

The Earth as a Living Superorganism: from the Scientific Gaia (hypothesis) to the Metaphysics of Nature

John Ifeanyi Okoro

A guest from another star to our solar system could use a simple spectroscope to explore the atmospheres of the planets, and wind up that while Venus and Mars, which both have carbon dioxide atmospheres, do not have life, Earth, with its oxygen-rich atmosphere, must have, and is alive. Today, there are many different views of Gaia, ranging from the semi-religious way in which many people have latched on to the idea of the planet as a living Mother Earth , to oppositions from some scientists who regard the whole thing as utter nonsense. Interpreting the Earth as a superorganism in this book represents something transcendentally new. In fact, it implies a theory, which is susceptible to being tailored and treated with rigorous metaphysical, mathematical and scientific means. It particularly calls for a new ontology, which we can qualify as an ecometaphysics, or ecoontology of an interconnection and interelatedness of all things.

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