The Philosophy of Ecology
From Science to Synthesis
Title Details
Pages: 384
Illustrations: 3 b&w photos, 15 figures
Trim size: 6.120in x 9.250in
Formats
Paperback
Pub Date: 12/05/2000
ISBN: 9-780-8203-2220-9
List Price: $34.95
The Philosophy of Ecology
From Science to Synthesis
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This is the first introductory anthology on the philosophy of ecology edited by an ecologist and a philosopher. It illustrates the range of philosophical approaches available to ecologists and provides a basis for understanding the thinking on which many of today's environmental ideas are founded. Collectively, these seminal readings make a powerful statement on the value of ecological knowledge and thinking in alleviating the many problems of modern industrial civilization.
Issues covered include:
the challenges of defining scientific ecology, tracing its genealogy, and distinguishing the science from various forms of "ecological-like" thinking
the ontology of ecological entities and processes
selected concepts of community, stability, diversity, and niche
the methodology of ecology (rationalism and empiricism, reductionism and holism)
the significance of evolutionary law for ecological science
Daniel Simberloff
Robert Ulanowicz
Eugene P. Odum
Frederic E. Clements
Henry A. Gleason
Arthur G. Tansley
Karl Möbius
Robert H. Whittaker
Simon A. Levin
Richard B. Root
Ruth Patrick
Andrew Redfearn
Stuart L. Pimm
Karl R. Popper
Robert M. May
Kristin Shrader-Frechette
Earl D. McCoy
Thomas W. Schoener
Donato Bergandi
Richard Levins
Richard C. Lewontin
T. F. H. Allen
Thomas B. Starr
David L. Hull
Stephen J. Gould
Ernst Mayr
James P. Collins
Craig Loehle
Joseph H. K. Pechmann
