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The Nature of Theory and the Theory of Nature
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By
Steward Pickett, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, U.S.A.
Jurek Kolasa, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Clive Jones, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, U.S.A.
Description
Ecology is an historical science in which theories can be as difficult to test as they are to devise. This volume, intended for ecologists
and evolutionary biologists, reviews ecological theories, and how they are generated, evaluated, and categorized. Synthesizing a vast
and sometimes labyrinthine literature, this book is a useful entry into the scientific philosophy of ecology and natural history. The
need for integration of the contributions to theory made by different disciplines is a central theme of this book. The authors demonstrate
that only through such integration will advances in ecological theory be possible. Ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and other serious
students of natural history will want this book.
Audience
Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and researchers in ecology. Both theoreticians and practicing ecologists will want
this book. Libraries with strong ecology collections will be likely buyers.
Contents
Ecological Understanding: Advancing the Discipline and Enhancing Application:
Integration in Ecology.
Understanding in
Ecology.
The Nature of Theory:
The Anatomy of Theory.
The Ontogeny of Theory.
The Taxonomy of Theory.
From Theory
to Integration and Application:
Fundamental Questions: Changes in Understanding.
The Process of Integration.
Theory
and Its Environment:
Constraint and Objectivity in Integration.
Ecological Understanding and the Public.
Subject Index.
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Hardbound, 206 pages, publication date: JUL-1994
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-554720-8
ISBN-10: 0-12-554720-X
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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