ABSTRACT
After having analysed basic forms of human knowledge in the previous chapters, we would now like to turn to the objects of that knowledge. What particularly interests us is the oikos, the house of all that lives, as it was presented in Chapter 3 (pages 18-20). In Chapters 8 to 10 we will be dealing with the logos or the logoi of this oikos – that is to say, we will be seeking theoretical approaches that will enable us to outline essential structures of a science of the oikos, an ecology. What is nature? In conversation and debate, one encounters perspectives that represent very different views of nature. We have chosen four to mention here.
