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  • Reflecting on experiencing the global environment.
  • Considering Alexander von Humboldt's integrative approach to local/global experience and observation.
  • Examining the nature of direct experience and sensory perception.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how concepts shape our experience of local and global phenomena.
  • To investigate whether distributed cognition and mapping illuminate distributed global experience.
  • To assess the relevance of traditional tensions between local/global and qualitative/quantitative descriptions in light of modern scientific trends.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis drawing on Humboldt's work.
  • Exploration of philosophical questions regarding experience and perception.
  • Discussion of recent trends in scientific understanding of complexity and contingency.

Main Results:

  • Humboldt's work offers a framework for understanding integrated environmental experience.
  • Distributed cognition and mapping may offer new perspectives on experiencing global phenomena.
  • Modern science's emphasis on complexity potentially reduces traditional dichotomies in environmental description.

Conclusions:

  • Humboldt's holistic approach remains relevant for understanding environmental experience.
  • Interdisciplinary perspectives are crucial for grasping complex global environmental issues.
  • The integration of diverse observational methods (qualitative and quantitative) is key to advancing environmental science.