Philosophy of ecology / edited by Kevin deLaplante, Bryson Brown, Kent A. Peacock.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Publication details: Kidlington, Oxford, UK ; Waltham, MA : North Holland, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 431 pages)ISBN:

9780080930756
0080930751
1283115646
9781283115643

Subject(s): DDC classification:

577/.01 23

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5,1
CC 3100
CC 3400

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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