Aesthetic-Epistemological Contradiction in the Concept of Water

A Necessary Reformulation for Life.

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  • Alicia Macías Recio Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

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https://doi.org/10.5324/eip.v18i1.5590

Abstract

The following paper highlights the contradictions that exist in the understanding of water: it is considered a marketable resource over which one can exert power and, at the same time, a common good used by the planet’s species and ecosystems. Based on this, and after an analysis of several widespread ideas, the paper proceeds to describe the paradox in the perception of water as a product of an alienated aesthetics that makes it impossible to experience the after-effects of the Westernised world. This lack of perception will be called aesthetic omission, corresponding to Eaton’s “nonperceivables” (2000). The text urges us to be aware that these kinds of aesthetics exclusions around water have global effects and ultimately determine the fate of life on Earth itself. Therefore, a complex revision of the established ontology of water is proposed in response.

Keywords: water; nonperceivables; aesthetics; epistemology; Earth

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Published

2024-05-26

How to Cite

Macías Recio, A. (2024). Aesthetic-Epistemological Contradiction in the Concept of Water: A Necessary Reformulation for Life. Etikk I Praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, 18(1), 33 - 47. https://doi.org/10.5324/eip.v18i1.5590

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No. 1 (2024)

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