Organic and mechanical views of nature interpenetrate rather than oppose cleanly

Evidence

The organic and mechanical philosophies of nature cannot, therefore, be viewed as strict dichotomies, nor can most philosophers be placed solidly in one camp or the other. The tensions between these two perspectives on nature have continued to be influential ever since the Scientific Revolution. — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 445

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The organic-to-mechanistic shift reconstructed nature as dead and subordinate — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology,…, 51; The mechanical worldview reduced environment from complex existence to mere material object — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 487; Resolving nature dualism needs reconceiving humans as more natural and nature as more mindlike — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 465 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The mechanical worldview reduced environment from complex existence to mere material object #complicates (0.75) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 487
• Resolving nature dualism needs reconceiving humans as more natural and nature as more mindlike #expands (0.72) — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 465