Selected Works of Arne Naess

Arne is retired, but remains associated with the University of Oslo and its Center for Development and Environment. The Arne Naess Chair in Global Justice and the Environment is being established at the university. Naess holds honorary doctorates from Stockholm University and The Norwegian National University of Sports and Physical Education. He is also an honorary member of The Norwegian Alpine Club and The Norwegian Tourist Association. Naess’s contributions have been honored by many awards, including Norway’s St. Olav’s Order and the Peer Gynt Award, Denmark’s Sonning Prize, the Nordic Council Award for Nature and Environment, the Uggla Prize for Humanistic Studies from Stockholm University, and the Mahatma Gandhi Prize for Non-violent Peace. In addition to writing countless articles and essays that have been translated into several languages and have appeared in anthologies and journals throughout the world, Naess is the author of numerous books, including Life’s Philosophy: Reason and Feeling in a Deeper World and Ecology, Community and Lifestyle. He was founder and editor of the journal Inquiry, and has lectured in many countries.

• Volume One- Interpretation and Preciseness: A Contribution to the Theory of Communication.- Volume Two- Scepticism: Wonder and Joy of a Wandering Seeker.- Volume Three- Which world is the Real One?: Inquiry into Comprehensive Systems, Culture and Philosophies.- Volume Four- The Pluralist and Possibilist Aspects of the Scientific Enterprise: Rich Descriptions, Abundant Choices, and Open Futures.- Volume Five- Gandhi and Group Conflict: Exploration of Nonviolent Resistance, Satyagraha.- Volume Six- Freedom, Emotion and Self-Subsistence: The Structure of a Central Part of Spinoza's Ethics.- Volume Seven- Communication and Argument: Elements of Applied Semantics.- Volume Eight- Common Sense, Knowledge, and Truth: Open Inquiry in a Pluralistic World Selected Papers.- Volume Nine- Reason, Democracy, and Science: Understanding Among Conflicting Worldviews Selected Papers.- Volume Ten- Deep Ecology of Wisdom: Explorations in Unities of Nature and Cultures Selected Papers.