TY  - BOOK
AU  - DeLaplante,Kevin
AU  - Brown,Bryson
AU  - Peacock,Kent A.
TI  - Philosophy of ecology
T2  - Handbook of the philosophy of science
SN  - 9780080930756
U1  - 577/.01 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Kidlington, Oxford, UK, Waltham, MA
PB  - North Holland
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Environmental Science
KW  - NATURE
KW  - Ecosystems & Habitats
KW  - Wilderness
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - Umweltbewusstsein
KW  - Umweltethik
KW  - Okologische Philosophie
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Okologie
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Cover; Philosophy of Ecology; Copyright Page; General Preface; Preface; Contributors; Contents; Introduction; Philosophy of Ecology Today; Part 1: Philosophical Issues in the History and Science of Ecology; Origins and Development of Ecology; The Legend of Order and Chaos: Communities and Early Community Ecology; Philosophical Themes in the Work of Robert H. Macarthur; Embodied Realism and Invasive Species; A Case Study in Concept Determination: Ecological Diversity; The Biodiversity-ecosystem Function Debate in Ecology; A Dynamical Approach to Ecosystem Identity; License restrictions may limit access
N2  - Annotation; The most pressing problems facing humanity today 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
UR  - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444516732
ER  -