Nexus thinking

This is the abstract of my paper that I am going to present in at the conference in London this september.

Theme: Nexus thinking
30 August to 2 September, at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in London  

	Philosophical approaches to place and space
Timetable	Thursday 01 September 2016, Session 3 (14:40 - 16:20)

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‘Meanings Crisis’ in the context of environment: A philosophical analysis

Charitha Herath (University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)

There is not any fixed meaning in any concepts in the subjects related to social sciences and humanities. Meaning for any concept will be given or found according to the context where the given concept is discussed. Phenomenological methods, Wittgenstein Language Philosophy, Deconstructive Schools discuss the crisis of meanings and impacts of it. The phenomenon, process and states of being related to the studies of environment have been developed within the complex contexts. Similarly, the meanings of the context of environment too have gone into a problematic situation. This leads to a dispute among environmentalist and philosophers within same school of philosophers and among different schools such as western and eastern thoughts. This has led to cripple the both national and international programs and plans that have applied to solve environmental problems and conserve the environment. The broad objective of this paper is to inquire the meaning crisis in the context of environment and to locate these issues to a practical and realistic domain for searching solution for the said crisis. Secondary data from literature review was the main source for this study. Technique of conceptual analysis used in the subject of Philosophy was employed to analysis the data. Complexity of the meanings in the concepts of environment can be reduced from this study by introducing universally acceptable meaning. These unique meanings will help to solve burning environmental issues in the contemporary world.