Research Paper on:
Nature Concept

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created despite the errors in this kind of thinking. Nature and environment are most often conceptualized as the same thing, which is evident in writings from most disciplines although there  are some inherent differences. All too often, articles and broadcasts report the competition and conflict between "man" and "nature." Some of the more Romantic views of this competition fell  under the headings of "Red in tooth and claw" or "A struggle for existence" (Burgess, 1994, p. 47). The basis for this perceived competition between nature and man is founded  in Darwins work on creation and survival. Of course, when it is remembered that Darwins work was at the same time as industrialization, it becomes a little clearer as to  why this concept was accepted so readily. It was already an era of competition and the idea that there was a competition between man and nature fit well within the  prevailing philosophy. The competitive nature of the relationship between nature and man prevails today (Burgess, 1994). Take, for example, construction projects where a rare species is found and the construction  comes to a halt and often winds up in court. Environmentalists want the construction to honor the habitat of this rare species and the construction company wants to get on  with their job of building whatever. Henry David Thoreau, in Walden Pond, written in 1845, tells how he escaped from the hectic life of the city to the isolation  and quiet of living in the forests of Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Thoreau, at great length, describes his concept of nature and the environment. His conceptualizations are found in todays  concept of both. Thoreau referred to Nature, with a capital "N" and described it as anything that was separate and distinct from human intervention such as a forest, which was