Yet these claims demonstrate a profound misunderstanding of the ecology of human systems. The conditions that sustain humanity are not natural and never have been. Since prehistory, human populations have used technologies and engineered ecosystems to sustain populations well beyond the capabilities of unaltered ânaturalâ ecosystems.
Academic discourse is the specific style of discourse used in the academic world. Other types of discourse include common, which is basic interpersonal communication, and formal, which is discourse with a greater number of rules restricting communication. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.
If you use the word discourse, you are describing a formal and intense discussion or debate. The noun discourse comes from the Latin discursus to mean an argument.. But luckily, that kind of argument does not mean people fighting or coming to blows. The argument in discourse refers to an exchange of ideas â sometimes heated â that often follows a kind of order and give-and-take between the participants. It's the kind of argument and discussion that teachers love, so discourse away!