How should political thinkers deal with environmental science? The question has acquired a new urgency with the rise of the Anthropocene, a scientific concept rapidly assimilated by the social sciences and the humanities. In that respect, some critics have levelled against it the well-known objections that environmental political thinkers and philosophers have directed towards science at large in the past. Anthropocene science might lead towards planetary governmentality, imposing a reductive way of understanding both the planet and sustainability. This article will claim that a clear demarcation between scientific and sociopolitical enquiries is needed. Political thinkers should take the findings provided by natural scientists as the basis for normative exploration and the quest for meaning. Arendt’s reflections on truth and factfulness will help to make this point.

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基岩还是社会建设？人类世科学对政治理论的意义

政治思想家应如何应对环境科学？随着人类世的兴起，这个问题有了新的紧迫性，人类科学迅速被社会科学和人文科学所吸收。在这方面，一些批评家已经将环境政治思想家和哲学家过去针对整个科学的众所周知的反对意见平息了。人类世科学可能会导致行星的政府化，从而形成一种还原性的方式来理解地球和可持续性。本文将要求在科学和社会政治问题之间进行清晰的划分。政治思想家应将自然科学家提供的发现作为规范性探索和追求意义的基础。