Philosophy and Geography III

A growing literature testifies to the persistence of place as an incorrigible aspect of human experience identity and morality. Place is a common ground for thought and action a community of experienced particulars that avoids solipsism and universalism. It draws us into the philosophy of the ordinary into familiarity as a form of knowledge into the wisdom of proximity. Each of these essays offers a philosophy of place and reminds us that such philosophies ultimately decide how we make use and understand places whether as accidents instruments or fields of care.