Philosophies of place

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.