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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  Read more...

Abstract: 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 need

Author(s): Brown, Bryson; De Laplante, Kevin; Gabbay, Dov M.; Peacock, Kent; Thagard, Paul; Woods, John (eds.)
Series: Handbook of the Philosophy of Science 11
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2011

Language: English
Pages: 444
City: Amsterdam
Tags: Applied ecology.;Ecology -- Philosophy.

Content: Front Cover
Philosophy of Ecology
Copyright Page
General Preface
Preface
Contributors
Contents
Introduction
Philosophy of Ecology Today
Introduction
Part 1: Philosophical Issues in the History and Science of Ecology
Part 2: Philosophical Issues in Applied Ecology and Conservation Science
Part 1: Philosophical Issues in the History and Science of Ecology
Origins and Development of Ecology
Introduction
1 What were the Novel Abductions or Hypotheses that Set Ecology Apart?
2 What were the Origins or Inspirations of these Defining Hypotheses? 3 How much have these Initial Hypotheses Affected the Subsequent Development of Ecology?4 Who exactly Constituted the Community of Pioneer Ecologists?
5 How much Convergence Towards a Consistent set of Hypotheses has Occurred?
6 Summary and Conclusions
Bibliography
The Legend of Order and Chaos: Communities and Early Community Ecology
1 Clements, Gleason, and Preservability
2 The Prospect of Scientific Ecology
3 Order and Chaos
4 Clements's and Gleason's Ontologies
5 Polarizing Narratives
6 Multiple Communities
7 Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Bibliography. Philosophical Themes in the Work of Robert H. Macarthur1 Introduction
2 A Biographical Sketch and Sketch of Macarthur's Research Program
3 A Tale of Two Models
4 Did Macarthur Unify Population Biology?
5 Conclusion
Bibliography
Embodied Realism and Invasive Species
1 Introduction
2 The Image Schemata of Invasion Biology
3 Discussion
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
A Case Study in Concept Determination: Ecological Diversity
1 Introduction
2 Adequacy Criteria for the Concept of Ecological Diversity
3 Simpson's Index
4 Shannon's Index. 5 The Role of the Diversity Concept within EcologyAcknowledgements
Bibliography
The Biodiversity-ecosystem Function Debate in Ecology
1 Introduction
2 Background: The Diversity-Stability Debate
3 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions: Key Concepts
4 The Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function Debate
5 Conclusion
Bibliography
A Dynamical Approach to Ecosystem Identity
Introduction
1 The Practical Significance of Ecosystem Individuation
2 Identity and Individuation of Dynamical Systems
3 Ecosystem Individuation and Change
4 Ecosystem Meta-Models
5 Conclusion
Acknowledgements.