Background
Gunter, Pete A.Y. was born on October 20, 1936 in Hammond, Indiana, United States.
( From the dense forests of the Big Thicket to the limitl...)
From the dense forests of the Big Thicket to the limitless vistas of the Davis Mountains, Texas is a land of astonishing diversity and natural beauty. Yet it is also a land where commuters endure endless traffic jams in the major cities and where pollution and environmental degradation threaten the most essential elements of our common living space—the land, air, and water. In this thoughtful, practical book, Pete Gunter and Max Oelschlaeger offer a new vision for living on the land, a 'land ethic' that respects the stability, integrity, and beauty of the "land community." Avoiding harsh rhetoric that seeks only to place blame and foretell doom, they discuss how economic and environmental goals may be reconciled so that Texans can continue to enjoy a reasonable prosperity while living in a land free of pollutants and scars, where some wild lands still exist and animals range freely. In presenting their land ethic, the authors draw on the ideas of Aldo Leopold, whose A Sand County Almanac persuasively urges human beings to respect the land—with all of its animal and plant inhabitants—that supports us. This is an ethic to take Texas into the twenty-first century, in which the wise choices we make now will create a stable and sustainable future.
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( When a bill creating the Big Thicket National Preserve ...)
When a bill creating the Big Thicket National Preserve was signed into law, it climaxed more than half a century of environmental debate, planning and destruction. The preserve opened new vistas for recreation. In this revised and updated version, Gunter not only describes the history and rich diversity of the region saved from the bulldozers of real estate developers and lumber companies, but also the dimensions of the new Big Thicket Preserve. He makes it possible to plan a trip there by including descriptions of each stream corridor unit, maps and canoeing conditions, hiking trails, and camping facilities. He lists representative flora and fauna. The book provides a background—both historical and biological—which will make clear just what the visitor to the Big Thicket is seeing; why it has mattered, and why it will continue to matter.
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(The main contributor to this volume is David Louis Miller...)
The main contributor to this volume is David Louis Miller of the University of Texas at Austin. Both a student of Mead's and an editor and defender of his thought, Miller attempts in his essay and subsequent responses to demonstrate both the overall coherence of Mead's philosophy and the extent to which that philosophy makes (in a social context) room for the concept of individual creativity. Miller thus corrects many false or otherwise superficial interpretations of Mead's social psychology, and of, by implication, contemporary symbolic interactionism. Miller's interpretation of Mead is criticized and amplified by several commentators, including Charles W. Morris, a friend and colleague of Mead's at the University of Chicago. A general introduction and biography are provided by the editor. Co-published with the Center for the Philosophy of Creativity.
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(The Big Thicket, a challenge for conservation 1971 Dr. Pe...)
The Big Thicket, a challenge for conservation 1971 Dr. Pete Gunter The Big Thicket, a unique and beautiful wilderness covering some 350,000 acres of southeastern Texas, has become the center of a major national conservation debate. The issue is not a simple "Should the Thicket be preserved?" Rather, it poses numerous questions common to all wild areas threatened by man's encroachment: questions such as "How many acres are necessary for 'preservation'?", "Under whose management should this land be maintained?" and "For whose benefit and for what human useage?" Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 73-184310
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Gunter, Pete A.Y. was born on October 20, 1936 in Hammond, Indiana, United States.
Bachelor, University Texas, Austin, 1958. Bachelor, University Cambridge, England, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1963.
Assistant professor Auburn (Alabama) University, 1963-1965. Associate professor University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1965-1969. Chairman, professor department philosophy North Texas State University (now University North Texas), Denton, 1969-1976, professor, since 1976, Regents University, 1986—2010.
Emeritus professor, since 2010. Consultant Oak Ridge Associate Universities, 1968-1969, National Humanities Faculty, 1972-1975. Honorary professor North Texas State University, 1972-1973, assistant editor Temple Big Thicket Book Series, since 2002.
( When a bill creating the Big Thicket National Preserve ...)
( From the dense forests of the Big Thicket to the limitl...)
(The main contributor to this volume is David Louis Miller...)
(The Big Thicket, a challenge for conservation 1971 Dr. Pe...)
(First published in 1987)
East Tennessee campaign chairman Tennessee Volunteers for Eugene McCarthy, 1968. Board directors For the People, Inc., 1980-1988. President Big Thicket Association, 1971-1973.
Chairman Big Thicket Coordinating Committee, 1973-1980. Member Citizens Committee for Coastal Zone Management (Texas), 1977-1979, Texas Institute Letters, since 1973. Member lieutenant Governors Citizens Commission Water Resources, 1973-1974.
Member Southwestern Philosophical Society (president 1978-1979), North Texas Philosophical Association (president 1981-1982), Foundation Philosophy of Creativity (executive director 1981-1991, chairman board directors since 1991), American Philosophical Association, Southern Society Philosophy and Psychology (R.E. Jackson Conservation Achievement award, 2005), Texas Conservation Alliance (board directors since 1980, chairman 2006-2008), Association for Process Philosophy of Education (president since 2001), Philosophical Society Texas, Big Thicket Natural Heritage Trust (board member since 2008), Society Amis de Bergson, since 2007.
S, Addison Yancey and Anna Ruth (Morris) G. Married Elizabeth W. Ellington, April 12, 1969. 1 child, Sheila Dewing.