Three axes of epistemological dialog to approach an interpretation of the human-nature relationship

Abstract

The present text is the result of a theoretical reflection, after my participation in two interdisciplinary research projects, which showed the difficulties of doing this kind of work and of mutual understanding. This text proposes what could be a theoretical framework for the understanding of the human-nature relationship and, with this, environmental problems. For that aim, I suggest first a reflection on the importance of an epistemological ground in a research project and then I propose three levels of lecture for a specific situation, i.e. an environmental problem. The first axe is the macro lecture with philosophical frameworks; the second, is the game of power which has influences over the environment; and the third, the material bases for the human-nature relationship. We will focus mainly on the first axe, because it has significant influence on the other two.