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Dov M. Gabbay, King's College London, UK
Bryson Brown
Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo, Canada
Kevin de Laplante
John Woods, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Kent Peacock
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Handbook of the Philosophy of Science,
Contents
Introduction – A Brief History of the Philosophy of Ecology (Bryson Brown, Kevin de Laplante and Kent Peacock)
Section I: Philosophical
Issues in the History and Science of Ecology
How Sociology Influenced the Origins and Development of Ecology (Arnold van der
Valk)Ecologists and Thomas Kuhn (Sharon Kingsland)Holism, Reductionism and the Clements-Gleason Debate (Chris Elliot)
Philosophical Issues
in the Work of Robert MacArthur (Jay Odenbaugh)
The Status Of Fundamental Objects in Ecology (Craig Loehle)
Varieties of Metaphor and
their Use in Ecology (Brendon Larson)
The Null Models Debate in Ecology (John Huss)
TBA (Kim Cuddington)
Ecosystem Individuation (John
Collier and Graeme Cumming)
Arguments for Holism from Systems Ecology (Kevin de Laplante and Brian Fath)
Symbiosis in Ecosystems and
Evolutionary Theory (Kent Peacock)
Earth and Life Through Time (Bryson Brown)
Section II: Philosophical Issues in Applied Ecology
and Conservation Science
A Case Study in Scientific Maturation: Technological Innovation and Conservation Biology (James Justus)
Ecology Meets Decision Theory and Conservation Management (Mark Colyvan)
Ecological and Economic Sustainability (Bryan Norton)
Toward
a General Theory of Diversity and Equality (Greg Mikkelson)
Choosing Appropriate Spatial and Temporal Scales for Ecological Restoration
(J. Baird Callicott)
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