Transcending"Substantialist"and"Relationalist"Perspectives:An Ecological Ontological Study on the"Community of Life"
Previous studies in ecological ontology have presented two distinct and mutually opposing research paradigms:one can be termed the"substan-tialist"perspective,and the other the"relationalist"perspective.The former focuses on the"entities"and their"constitution",while significantly over-looking the"relations"and their"generation";the latter,conversely,emphasizes"relations"and their"generation",while greatly undermining the im-portance of"entities"and their"constitution".The research paradigm of the"community of life"will not only maximize the absorption and utilization of the their rational aspects,thereby achieving a creative synthesis,but also strive to maximize the elimination and rectification of their dilemmas and biases,thus achieving innovative transcendence.
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