Earth Becomes World?

Abstract In coming to grips with the advent of Anthropocene, contemporary philosophers have recently pushed beyond its many physical implications (e.g., global warming, reduced biodiversity) and social significance climate justice, economics, migration) interpret Anthropocene metaphysically. According such interpretations, imposes nothing less than a wholly new understanding world. This raises question regarding character an imposition. To develop this question, article discusses three metaphysical interpretations Anthropocene: Clive Hamilton’s, Timothy Morton’s, Bruno Latour’s. Among voices today, these authors are specifically relevant because they predominantly correlate imposition new, nonmodern world scientific object “Earth” as it is developed in Earth system science. The purpose here elucidate ways which correlation made, inquire after role science—a modern activity par excellence—in Anthropocene. critical how could be legitimated proclaimed absence framework ensuring science’s status beacon certainty truth.