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Oceania

Terra Regions

Browse the narrower terra-region surfaces inside this terra avita.

Pacific Islands Region
Pacific Islands Region map context within Oceania
0 philosophers
Sahul Core
Sahul Core map context within Oceania
2 philosophers
Sunda–Indochina Maritime Region
Sunda–Indochina Maritime Region map context within Oceania
1 philosopher
Wallacea
Wallacea map context within Oceania
0 philosophers

Philosophers of Oceania

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Peter Singer at the Animal Liberation Film Festival launch

Peter Singer

1946 CE

Melbourne

Australian applied ethicist of preference utilitarianism, animal liberation, speciesism, equal consideration of interests, practical ethics, global poverty, effective altruism, bioethics, and public moral argument.

Formal portrait of Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh

1926 CE – 2022 CE

Hue, central Vietnam

Vietnamese Zen and engaged Buddhist philosopher of mindfulness, interbeing, deep listening, loving speech, nonviolence, Plum Village practice, antiwar witness, and global lay-monastic transmission.

Val Plumwood in 1990

Val Plumwood

1939 CE – 2008 CE

Terrey Hills, near Sydney

Australian ecofeminist philosopher, logician, environmental ethicist, activist, and ecological-humanities figure whose work critiques mastery, human/nature dualism, anthropocentric reason, and ecological disconnection.