The Philosophy of Ecology

From Science to Synthesis

The first introductory anthology on the philosophy of ecology edited by an ecologist and a philosopher. These seminal readings make a powerful statement on the value of ecological knowledge and thinking in alleviating the many problems of modern industrial civilization and illustrates the range of philosophical approaches available.

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

Contributor: David R. Keller (Edited by), Frank B. Golley (Edited by), Daniel Simberloff (Contributions by), Robert Ulanowicz (Contributions by), Eugene P. Odum (Contributions by), Frederic E. Clements (Contributions by), Henry A. Gleason (Contributions by), Arthur G. Tansley (Contributions by), Karl Möbius (Contributions by), Robert H. Whittaker (Contributions by), Simon A. Levin (Contributions by), Richard B. Root (Contributions by), Ruth Patrick (Contributions by), Andrew Redfearn (Contributions by), Stuart L. Pimm (Contributions by), Karl R. Popper (Contributions by), Robert M. May (Contributions by), Kristin Shrader-Frechette (Contributions by), Earl D. McCoy (Contributions by), Thomas W. Schoener (Contributions by), Donato Bergandi (Contributions by), Richard Levins (Contributions by), Richard C. Lewontin (Contributions by), T. F. H. Allen (Contributions by), Thomas B. Starr (Contributions by), David L. Hull (Contributions by), Stephen J. Gould (Contributions by), Ernst Mayr (Contributions by), James P. Collins (Contributions by), Craig Loehle (Contributions by), Joseph H. K. Pechmann (Contributions by)

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