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Philosophy of Ecology Dov M. Gabbay (Augustus De Morgan Professor Emeritus of Logic at the Group of Logic, Language and Computation, Department of Computer Science, King's College London.)

Philosophy of Ecology By Dov M. Gabbay (Augustus De Morgan Professor Emeritus of Logic at the Group of Logic, Language and Computation, Department of Computer Science, King's College London.)

Summary

The most pressing problems facing humanity today - over-population, energy shortages, climate change, soil erosion, species extinctions, the risk of epidemic disease. This title help to fuel the timely renaissance of interest in philosophy of ecology that is now occurring in the philosophical profession.

Philosophy of Ecology Summary

Philosophy of Ecology: Volume 11 by Dov M. Gabbay (Augustus De Morgan Professor Emeritus of Logic at the Group of Logic, Language and Computation, Department of Computer Science, King's College London.)

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.

Philosophy of Ecology Reviews

"whereas much prior philosophizing about ecology has been either environmental fluff or the academic rationalization of predetermined and platitudinous endpoints (e.g., wanton destruction of nature is unethical), there appears now to be the real possibility of a philosophy of ecology." (reprinted from The Quarterly Review of Biology, June 2012)--BookInspections.com, May 26, 2013 "The present volume brings together in one place the recent works of many thinkers, including those such as Jay Odenbaugh and Gregory Mikkelson, professional philosophers who have made understanding and interpreting ecology their primary focus (and not just ecology in general, but specific problems in ecological theory). Thus, whereas much prior philosophizing about ecology has been either environmental fluff or the academic rationalization of predetermined and platitudinous endpoints (e.g., wanton destruction of nature is unethical), there appears now to be the real possibility of a philosophy of ecology. [T]the essays by Christopher Eliot (The Legend of Order and Chaos: Communities and Early Community Ecology), James Justus (A Case Study in Concept Determination: Ecological Diversity), and Sahotra Sarkar (Habitat Reconstruction: Moving Beyond Historical Fidelity) are landmarks in the clarification of the philosophical problems that are throughout ecology."--The Quarterly Review of Biology, June 2012, page 141-2

About Dov M. Gabbay (Augustus De Morgan Professor Emeritus of Logic at the Group of Logic, Language and Computation, Department of Computer Science, King's College London.)

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.

Table of Contents

Philosophy of Ecology Today Origins and Development of Ecology The Legend of Order and Chaos: Communities and Early Community Ecology Philosophical Themes in the Work of Robert 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 Symbiosis in Ecology and Evolution Ecology as Historical Science Environmental Ethics and Decision Theory: Fellow Travellers or Bitter Enemies? Postmodern Ecological Restoration: Choosing Appropriate Temporal and Spatial Scales Habitat Reconstruction: Moving Beyond Historical Fidelity Modeling Sustainability in Economics and Ecology Diversity and the Good

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Philosophy of Ecology: Volume 11 by Dov M. Gabbay (Augustus De Morgan Professor Emeritus of Logic at the Group of Logic, Language and Computation, Department of Computer Science, King's College London.)
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Elsevier Science & Technology
2011-04-28
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