Acknowledgements
Preface by Vinciane Despret
Preamble: Enforesting oneself
Chapter One: The signs of the wolf
Chapter Two: A single bear standing erect
Chapter Three: The patience of the panther
Chapter Four: The discreet art of tracking
Chapter Five: Lombric cosmology
Chapter Six: The origin of investigation
Notes
Credits
Baptiste Morizot teaches philosophy at Aix-Marseille University
"Morizot practises an entirely new genre of experimental
philosophy: he shuns thought experiments, seeking instead to
experience how non-human animals perceive the world by looking for
traces of their actions and, eventually, encountering some of them.
Tracking wolves in the Alps, bears in Yellowstone or snow leopards
in Kyrgyzstan is not for him the mere hobby of a nature-lover; it
is a deeply philosophical exercise: it means experiencing the world
from the point of view of other animals, hence partially
transforming one’s body into theirs so as to imagine what it is to
inhabit a place from a non-human perspective."
—Philippe Descola, author of Beyond Nature and Culture "[A]n
impressive work of philosophy written in a beautifully lyrical
form. Part memoir, travelogue, and science writing, the book's
structure is almost novelistic with a strong narrative voice,
characterization, compelling plot, and literary elements."
—Leonardo Reviews "On the Animal Trail announces the original voice
of Baptiste Morizot and his careful and exacting attention to all
places the living world finds expression."
—Environmental Philosophy
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