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Escaping the Modern Caves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2023

Rupert Read  and
Joseph Eastoe
Rupert Read
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Joseph Eastoe*
Affiliation:
Independent Scholar, UK
*
*Corresponding author. Email: joe.eastoe@hotmail.co.uk
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Abstract

Let's escape our caves and, quite literally, spend more time philosophizing in the great outdoors.

Keywords

cavePlatosocial mediaoutdoors

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Research Article
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Think , Volume 22 , Issue 64 , Summer 2023 , pp. 59 - 64
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Royal Institute of Philosophy

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1 Cooley, Sam J., et al., ‘The Role of Outdoor Adventure Education in Facilitating Groupwork in Higher Education’, Higher Education 69.4 (2015), 567–82CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

2 Tillman, Suzanne et al., ‘Mental Health Benefits of Interactions with Nature in Children and Teenagers: A Systematic Review’, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 72.10 (2018), 958–66CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

3 <https://cybercrew.uk/blog/social-media-statistics-uk/>.

4 Karim, Fazida et al., ‘Social Media and its Connection to Mental Health: A Systematic Review’, National Library of Medicine 12.6 (2020)Google ScholarPubMed.

5 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJQGHiBqBcA>. Not to mention those flame wars and trolls, which can really ruin one's day.

6 Read, Rupert and Alexander, Samuel, This Civilisation is Finished (Melbourne: Simplicity Institute, 2019)Google Scholar, <https://249897.e-junkie.com/product/1619231/This-Civilisati>.