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Philosophy of Ecology
1st Edition, Volume 11 - April 28, 2011
Editors: Bryson Brown, Dov M. Gabbay, Kevin de Laplante, Paul Thagard, John Woods, Kent Peacock
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780444516732
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eBook ISBN:9780080930756
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The most pressing problems facing humanity today — over-population, energy shortages, climate change, soil erosion, species extinctions, the risk of epidemic disease, the threat of…Read more
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The most pressing problems facing humanity today — over-population, energy shortages, climate change, soil erosion, species extinctions, the risk of epidemic disease, the threat of warfare that could destroy all the hard-won gains of civilization, and even the recent fibrillations of the stock market — are all ecological or have a large ecological component. in this volume philosophers turn their attention to understanding the science of ecology and its huge implications for the human project. To get the application of ecology to policy or other practical concerns right, humanity needs a clear and disinterested philosophical understanding of ecology which can help identify the practical lessons of science. Conversely, the urgent practical demands humanity faces today cannot help but direct scientific and philosophical investigation toward the basis of those ecological challenges that threaten human survival. This book will help to fuel the timely renaissance of interest in philosophy of ecology that is now occurring in the philosophical profession.
Provides a bridge between philosophy and current scientific findings
Covers theory and applications
Encourages multi-disciplinary dialogue
Scholars, graduate students and policymakers with an interest in ecology
Introduction Philosophy of Ecology Today by Bryson Brown and Kevin deLaplante Part 1. Philosophical Issues in the History and Science of Ecology Origins and Development of Ecology by Arnold van der Valk The Legend of Order and Chaos: Communities and Early Community Ecology by Christopher Eliot Philosophical Themes in the Work of Robert MacArthur by Jay Odenbaugh Embodied Realism and Invasive Species by Brendon M. H. Larson A Case Study in Concept Determination: Ecological Diversity by James Justus The Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function Debate in Ecology by Kevin deLaplante and Valentin Picasso A Dynamical Approach to Ecosystem Identity by John Collier and Graeme S. Cumming Symbiosis in Ecology and Evolution by Kent A. Peacock Ecology as Historical Science by Bryson Brown Part 2. Philosophical Issues and Conservation Science Environmental Ethics and Decision Theory: Fellow Travellers or Bitter Enemies? by Mark Colyvan and Katie Steele Postmodern Ecological Restoration: Choosing Appropriate Temporal and Spatial Scales by J. Baird Callicott Habitat Reconstruction: Moving Beyond Historical Fidelity by Sahotra Sarkar Modeling Sustainability in Economics and Ecology by Bryan G. Norton Diversity and the Good by Gregory M. Mikkelson
No. of pages: 444
Language: English
Edition: 1
Volume: 11
Published: April 28, 2011
Imprint: North Holland
Hardback ISBN: 9780444516732
eBook ISBN: 9780080930756
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Dov M. Gabbay
Dov M. Gabbay is Augustus De Morgan Professor Emeritus of Logic at the Group of Logic, Language and Computation, Department of Computer Science, King's College London. He has authored over four hundred and fifty research papers and over thirty research monographs. He is editor of several international Journals, and many reference works and Handbooks of Logic.
Affiliations and expertise
Augustus De Morgan Professor Emeritus of Logic at the Group of Logic, Language and Computation, Department of Computer Science, King's College London.