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Eco-phenomenology : back to the earth itself / / edited by Charles S. Brown and Ted Toadvine
Eco-phenomenology : back to the earth itself / / edited by Charles S. Brown and Ted Toadvine
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Albany, NY : , : State University of New York Press, , 2003
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xxi, 255 pages)
Disciplina 363.7/001
Altri autori (Persone) BrownCharles S. <1950->
ToadvineTed <1968->
Collana SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics
Soggetto topico Environmentalism - Philosophy
Ecology - Philosophy
Phenomenology
ISBN 0-7914-8728-8
1-4175-2403-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- ECO-PHENOMENOLOGY -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Eco-Phenomenology: An Introduction by CHARLES S. BROWN AND TED TOADVINE -- I: Ecological Philosophy and the Phenomenological Tradition -- 1. The Real and the Good: Phenomenology and the Possibility of an Axiological Rationality by CHARLES S. BROWN -- 2. An Understanding Heart: Reason, Value, and Transcendental Phenomenology by ERAZIM KOHÁK -- 3. The Possibility of a Constitutive Phenomenology of the Environment by LESTER EMBREE -- 4. Prolegomena to Any Future Phenomenological Ecology by JOHN LLEWELYN -- 5. Heidegger's Phenomenology and Contemporary Environmentalism by MICHAEL E. ZIMMERMAN -- 6. Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty: Some of Their Contributions and Limitations for "Environmentalism" by MONIKA LANGER -- 7. Back to Earth with Reflection and Ecology by DON E. MARIETTA, JR. -- II: New Directions in Eco-Phenomenology -- 8. The Primacy of Desire and Its Ecological Consequences by TED TOADVINE -- 9. Phenomenology on (the) Rocks by IRENE J. KLAVER -- 10. Natural Disasters by CHRISTIAN DIEHM -- 11. Taking a Glance at the Environment: Preliminary Thoughts on a Promising Topic by EDWARD S. CASEY -- 12. What is Eco-Phenomenology? by DAVID WOOD -- Notes on Contributors -- Bibliography in Eco-Phenomenology -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910825458503321
Albany, NY : , : State University of New York Press, , 2003
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Ecological communication / Niklas Luhmann ; translated and introduced by John Bednarz Jr
Ecological communication / Niklas Luhmann ; translated and introduced by John Bednarz Jr
Autore Luhmann, Niklas
Edizione ["Published ... by Polity Press in association with Basil Blackwell". - T. p. verso]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge : Polity Press, c1989
Descrizione fisica xviii, 187 p. ; 24 cm
Disciplina 577
Soggetto topico Ecology - Philosophy
Environmental policy
Environmental protection - Philosophy
Man - Influence on nature
ISBN 0745605001
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNISALENTO-991003460289707536
Luhmann, Niklas  
Cambridge : Polity Press, c1989
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Ecological paradigms lost [[electronic resource] ] : routes of theory change / / [editors] Kim Cuddington, Beatrix E. Beisner
Ecological paradigms lost [[electronic resource] ] : routes of theory change / / [editors] Kim Cuddington, Beatrix E. Beisner
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (459 p.)
Disciplina 577.01
Altri autori (Persone) CuddingtonKim
BeisnerBeatrix E
Collana Theoretical ecology series
Soggetto topico Ecology - History
Ecology - Philosophy
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-63052-3
9786610630523
0-08-045786-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Foreword; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; 1: WHY A HISTORY OF ECOLOGY? AN INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; PART I: POPULATION ECOLOGY; 2: UNSTRUCTURED MODELS IN ECOLOGY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 THE BASIC (DETERMINISTIC) UNSTRUCTURED MODELS; 2.3 SINGLE SPECIES; 2.3.1 Continuous Time; 2.3.2 Discrete Time; 2.4 TWO SPECIES; 2.4.1 Continuous Time Exploiter-Victim Models; 2.4.2 Nicholson-Bailey Discrete Time Models; 2.4.3 SIR Epidemiological Models; 2.4.4 Competition; 2.5 MORE THAN TWO SPECIES; 2.6 TIME SERIES AND MODEL FITTING; 2.7 THE FUTURE OF UNSTRUCTURED MODELS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REFERENCES; 3: UNSTRUCTURED POPULATION MODELS: DO POPULATION-LEVEL ASSUMPTIONS YIELD GENERAL THEORY?; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 CORE THEORY OR LIMITING CASE?; 3.3 DERIVING GENERAL POPULATION MODELS: STARTING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL; 3.4 THREE CASE STUDIES; 3.4.1 Consumer-Resource Interactions; 3.4.2 Tritrophic Food Chain; 3.4.3 Cannibalism; 3.4.4 Overall Conclusions; 3.5 AN APPROPRIATE MODELLING FRAMEWORK: PHYSIOLOGICALLY STRUCTURED POPULATION MODELS; 3.6 ON TESTABILITY; 3.7 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES
4: THE "STRUCTURE" OF POPULATION ECOLOGY: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON UNSTRUCTURED AND STRUCTURED MODELS 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 MODELS, MODELS, AND MORE MODELS; 4.3 REVISITING MODELLING TRADE-OFFS; 4.4 GENERALITY?; 4.5 REDUCTIONISM REDUX; 4.6 STRUCTURAL PLURALISM; 4.7 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PART II: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY; 5: THE LAW OF MASS-ACTION IN EPIDEMIOLOGY: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 CATO MAXIMILIAN GULDBERG AND PETER WAAGE; 5.3 WILLIAM HEATON HAMER; 5.4 RONALD ROSS AND ANDERSON McKENDRICK; 5.5 HERBERT EDWARD SOPER; 5.6 A SCIENCE TAKING FLIGHT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REFERENCES; 6: EXTENSIONS TO MASS-ACTION MIXING; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 FUNCTIONAL FORMS; 6.3 METAPOPULATION MODELS; 6.4 CELLULAR AUTOMATA; 6.5 NETWORK MODELS; 6.6 ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS: POWER-LAW EXPONENTS; 6.7 ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS: PAIR-WISE MODELS; 6.8: ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS: MOMENT CLOSURE; 6.9: CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 7: MASS-ACTION AND SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF INFECTION TRANSMISSION; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 MODEL FORMS AS PARADIGMS FOR THEORY CHANGE; 7.3 ROBUSTNESS ASSESSMENT; 7.4 ADVANCING A SCIENCE OF INFECTION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM ANALYSIS; REFERENCES
PART III: COMMUNITY ECOLOGY 8: COMMUNITY DIVERSITY AND STABILITY: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES AND CHANGING DEFINITIONS; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 HISTORY; 8.3 MULTIPLE TYPES OF STABILITY IN A MODEL ECOSYSTEM; 8.3.1 The 1970's and 1980's; 8.3.2 The 1950's and 1960's; 8.3.3 The 1990's; 8.3.4 Summary; 8.4 TESTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DIVERSITY AND STABILITY; 8.4.1 The 1950's and 1960's; 8.4.2 The 1970's and 1980's; 8.4.3 The 1990's; 8.4.4 Summary; 8.5 SUGGESTIONS FOR SPECIFIC "TESTS"; Q1: What Is the Most Appropriate Measure of Diversity?; Q2: How Strong Are Species Interactions, and Are They Linear and Additive?
Q3: What Dictates the Structure of Communities?
Record Nr. UNINA-9910458493203321
Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005
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Ecological paradigms lost : routes of theory change / [editors] Kim Cuddington, Beatrix E. Beisner
Ecological paradigms lost : routes of theory change / [editors] Kim Cuddington, Beatrix E. Beisner
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica xxiv, 435 p. : ill.32103013150945 ; 24 cm
Disciplina 577
Altri autori (Persone) Cuddington, Kim.
Beisner, Beatrix E.
Collana Theoretical ecology series
Soggetto topico Ecology - History
Ecology - Philosophy
ISBN 0120884593
Classificazione LC QH540.8.E26
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNISALENTO-991001865019707536
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005
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Ecological paradigms lost [[electronic resource] ] : routes of theory change / / [editors] Kim Cuddington, Beatrix E. Beisner
Ecological paradigms lost [[electronic resource] ] : routes of theory change / / [editors] Kim Cuddington, Beatrix E. Beisner
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (459 p.)
Disciplina 577.01
Altri autori (Persone) CuddingtonKim
BeisnerBeatrix E
Collana Theoretical ecology series
Soggetto topico Ecology - History
Ecology - Philosophy
ISBN 1-280-63052-3
9786610630523
0-08-045786-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Foreword; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; 1: WHY A HISTORY OF ECOLOGY? AN INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; PART I: POPULATION ECOLOGY; 2: UNSTRUCTURED MODELS IN ECOLOGY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 THE BASIC (DETERMINISTIC) UNSTRUCTURED MODELS; 2.3 SINGLE SPECIES; 2.3.1 Continuous Time; 2.3.2 Discrete Time; 2.4 TWO SPECIES; 2.4.1 Continuous Time Exploiter-Victim Models; 2.4.2 Nicholson-Bailey Discrete Time Models; 2.4.3 SIR Epidemiological Models; 2.4.4 Competition; 2.5 MORE THAN TWO SPECIES; 2.6 TIME SERIES AND MODEL FITTING; 2.7 THE FUTURE OF UNSTRUCTURED MODELS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REFERENCES; 3: UNSTRUCTURED POPULATION MODELS: DO POPULATION-LEVEL ASSUMPTIONS YIELD GENERAL THEORY?; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 CORE THEORY OR LIMITING CASE?; 3.3 DERIVING GENERAL POPULATION MODELS: STARTING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL; 3.4 THREE CASE STUDIES; 3.4.1 Consumer-Resource Interactions; 3.4.2 Tritrophic Food Chain; 3.4.3 Cannibalism; 3.4.4 Overall Conclusions; 3.5 AN APPROPRIATE MODELLING FRAMEWORK: PHYSIOLOGICALLY STRUCTURED POPULATION MODELS; 3.6 ON TESTABILITY; 3.7 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES
4: THE "STRUCTURE" OF POPULATION ECOLOGY: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON UNSTRUCTURED AND STRUCTURED MODELS 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 MODELS, MODELS, AND MORE MODELS; 4.3 REVISITING MODELLING TRADE-OFFS; 4.4 GENERALITY?; 4.5 REDUCTIONISM REDUX; 4.6 STRUCTURAL PLURALISM; 4.7 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PART II: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY; 5: THE LAW OF MASS-ACTION IN EPIDEMIOLOGY: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 CATO MAXIMILIAN GULDBERG AND PETER WAAGE; 5.3 WILLIAM HEATON HAMER; 5.4 RONALD ROSS AND ANDERSON McKENDRICK; 5.5 HERBERT EDWARD SOPER; 5.6 A SCIENCE TAKING FLIGHT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REFERENCES; 6: EXTENSIONS TO MASS-ACTION MIXING; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 FUNCTIONAL FORMS; 6.3 METAPOPULATION MODELS; 6.4 CELLULAR AUTOMATA; 6.5 NETWORK MODELS; 6.6 ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS: POWER-LAW EXPONENTS; 6.7 ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS: PAIR-WISE MODELS; 6.8: ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS: MOMENT CLOSURE; 6.9: CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 7: MASS-ACTION AND SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF INFECTION TRANSMISSION; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 MODEL FORMS AS PARADIGMS FOR THEORY CHANGE; 7.3 ROBUSTNESS ASSESSMENT; 7.4 ADVANCING A SCIENCE OF INFECTION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM ANALYSIS; REFERENCES
PART III: COMMUNITY ECOLOGY 8: COMMUNITY DIVERSITY AND STABILITY: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES AND CHANGING DEFINITIONS; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 HISTORY; 8.3 MULTIPLE TYPES OF STABILITY IN A MODEL ECOSYSTEM; 8.3.1 The 1970's and 1980's; 8.3.2 The 1950's and 1960's; 8.3.3 The 1990's; 8.3.4 Summary; 8.4 TESTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DIVERSITY AND STABILITY; 8.4.1 The 1950's and 1960's; 8.4.2 The 1970's and 1980's; 8.4.3 The 1990's; 8.4.4 Summary; 8.5 SUGGESTIONS FOR SPECIFIC "TESTS"; Q1: What Is the Most Appropriate Measure of Diversity?; Q2: How Strong Are Species Interactions, and Are They Linear and Additive?
Q3: What Dictates the Structure of Communities?
Record Nr. UNINA-9910784548203321
Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005
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Ecological paradigms lost [[electronic resource] ] : routes of theory change / / [editors] Kim Cuddington, Beatrix E. Beisner
Ecological paradigms lost [[electronic resource] ] : routes of theory change / / [editors] Kim Cuddington, Beatrix E. Beisner
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (459 p.)
Disciplina 577.01
Altri autori (Persone) CuddingtonKim
BeisnerBeatrix E
Collana Theoretical ecology series
Soggetto topico Ecology - History
Ecology - Philosophy
ISBN 1-280-63052-3
9786610630523
0-08-045786-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Foreword; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; 1: WHY A HISTORY OF ECOLOGY? AN INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; PART I: POPULATION ECOLOGY; 2: UNSTRUCTURED MODELS IN ECOLOGY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 THE BASIC (DETERMINISTIC) UNSTRUCTURED MODELS; 2.3 SINGLE SPECIES; 2.3.1 Continuous Time; 2.3.2 Discrete Time; 2.4 TWO SPECIES; 2.4.1 Continuous Time Exploiter-Victim Models; 2.4.2 Nicholson-Bailey Discrete Time Models; 2.4.3 SIR Epidemiological Models; 2.4.4 Competition; 2.5 MORE THAN TWO SPECIES; 2.6 TIME SERIES AND MODEL FITTING; 2.7 THE FUTURE OF UNSTRUCTURED MODELS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REFERENCES; 3: UNSTRUCTURED POPULATION MODELS: DO POPULATION-LEVEL ASSUMPTIONS YIELD GENERAL THEORY?; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 CORE THEORY OR LIMITING CASE?; 3.3 DERIVING GENERAL POPULATION MODELS: STARTING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL; 3.4 THREE CASE STUDIES; 3.4.1 Consumer-Resource Interactions; 3.4.2 Tritrophic Food Chain; 3.4.3 Cannibalism; 3.4.4 Overall Conclusions; 3.5 AN APPROPRIATE MODELLING FRAMEWORK: PHYSIOLOGICALLY STRUCTURED POPULATION MODELS; 3.6 ON TESTABILITY; 3.7 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES
4: THE "STRUCTURE" OF POPULATION ECOLOGY: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON UNSTRUCTURED AND STRUCTURED MODELS 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 MODELS, MODELS, AND MORE MODELS; 4.3 REVISITING MODELLING TRADE-OFFS; 4.4 GENERALITY?; 4.5 REDUCTIONISM REDUX; 4.6 STRUCTURAL PLURALISM; 4.7 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PART II: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY; 5: THE LAW OF MASS-ACTION IN EPIDEMIOLOGY: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 CATO MAXIMILIAN GULDBERG AND PETER WAAGE; 5.3 WILLIAM HEATON HAMER; 5.4 RONALD ROSS AND ANDERSON McKENDRICK; 5.5 HERBERT EDWARD SOPER; 5.6 A SCIENCE TAKING FLIGHT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REFERENCES; 6: EXTENSIONS TO MASS-ACTION MIXING; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 FUNCTIONAL FORMS; 6.3 METAPOPULATION MODELS; 6.4 CELLULAR AUTOMATA; 6.5 NETWORK MODELS; 6.6 ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS: POWER-LAW EXPONENTS; 6.7 ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS: PAIR-WISE MODELS; 6.8: ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS: MOMENT CLOSURE; 6.9: CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 7: MASS-ACTION AND SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF INFECTION TRANSMISSION; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 MODEL FORMS AS PARADIGMS FOR THEORY CHANGE; 7.3 ROBUSTNESS ASSESSMENT; 7.4 ADVANCING A SCIENCE OF INFECTION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM ANALYSIS; REFERENCES
PART III: COMMUNITY ECOLOGY 8: COMMUNITY DIVERSITY AND STABILITY: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES AND CHANGING DEFINITIONS; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 HISTORY; 8.3 MULTIPLE TYPES OF STABILITY IN A MODEL ECOSYSTEM; 8.3.1 The 1970's and 1980's; 8.3.2 The 1950's and 1960's; 8.3.3 The 1990's; 8.3.4 Summary; 8.4 TESTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DIVERSITY AND STABILITY; 8.4.1 The 1950's and 1960's; 8.4.2 The 1970's and 1980's; 8.4.3 The 1990's; 8.4.4 Summary; 8.5 SUGGESTIONS FOR SPECIFIC "TESTS"; Q1: What Is the Most Appropriate Measure of Diversity?; Q2: How Strong Are Species Interactions, and Are They Linear and Additive?
Q3: What Dictates the Structure of Communities?
Record Nr. UNINA-9910816272103321
Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005
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Ecological understanding [[electronic resource] ] : the nature of theory and the theory of nature / / Steward T.A. Pickett, Jurek Kolasa, and Clive G. Jones
Ecological understanding [[electronic resource] ] : the nature of theory and the theory of nature / / Steward T.A. Pickett, Jurek Kolasa, and Clive G. Jones
Autore Pickett Steward T. <1950->
Edizione [2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (244 p.)
Disciplina 577
Altri autori (Persone) KolasaJurek
JonesClive G
Soggetto topico Ecology - Philosophy
Ecology - Methodology
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-281-30729-7
9786611307295
0-08-054604-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front cover; Ecological Understanding: The Nature of Theory and the Theory of Nature, Second Edition; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; Part I: Advancing the Discipline and Enhancing Applications; Chapter 1: Integration in Ecology; I. Overview; II. Ecological Advances and Diversity of Ecology; III. Progress via Integration; IV. Integration, Understanding, and Theory; V. What an Integrated Ecology Might Look Like; VI. Conclusions and Prospects; Chapter 2: Understanding in Ecology; I. Overview
II. The Nature of Scientific UnderstandingIII. Toward Understanding; IV. Conclusions and Prospects; Part II: The Nature of Theory; Chapter 3: The Anatomy of Theory; I. Overview; II. Theory and Its Conceptual Foundation; III. The Basic Conceptual Content of Theory; IV. Theory and Its Empirical Content; V. Theory and Its Derived Conceptual Content; VI. Theory Frameworks and Structure; VII. Conclusions and Prospects; Chapter 4: The Ontogeny of Theory; I. Overview; II. Why Theory Change Is Important; III. How Theories Change; IV. Theory Maturity; V. Conclusions and Prospects
Chapter 5: The Taxonomy of TheoryI. Overview; II. The Bases of Taxonomy; III. Understanding and Diversity of Theory; IV. Examples of the Classification of Theories and Models; V. Conclusions and Prospects; Part III: From Theory to Integration and Application; Chapter 6: Fundamental Questions: Changes in Understanding; I. Overview; II. Theory and Change in Understanding; III. Examples of Fundamental Questions; IV. All Fundamental Questions Are Not Created Equal; V. Where Do Radically New Theories Come From?; VI. Conclusions and Prospects; Chapter 7: Integration and Synthesis; I. Overview
II. IntegrationIII. Questions for Integration; IV. Radical Integration and Paradigms; V. Theory as a Constraint on Integration across Paradigms: New Fundamental Questions; VI. Theory as a Constraint on Integration across Paradigms; VII. Conclusions and Prospects; Part IV: Theory and Its Environment; Chapter 8: Constraint and Objectivity in Ecological Integration; I. Overview; II. Sociological Constraints on Integration; III. Societal Constraints on Integration; IV. Scientific Objectivity and Changes in Paradigm; V. Integration and Paradigms Affecting the Whole of Ecology
VI. Conclusions and ProspectsChapter 9: Ecological Understanding and the Public; I. Overview; II. Scientific versus Public Concepts of Theory; III. Certainty and Belief in Science; IV. Judging Science in the Public Sphere; V. The State of Public Knowledge of Ecology; VI. Rights and Responsibilities in Ecological Understanding; VII. What It All Means; LITERATURE CITED; INDEX
Record Nr. UNINA-9910451229603321
Pickett Steward T. <1950->  
Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2007
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Ecological understanding [[electronic resource] ] : the nature of theory and the theory of nature / / Steward T.A. Pickett, Jurek Kolasa, and Clive G. Jones
Ecological understanding [[electronic resource] ] : the nature of theory and the theory of nature / / Steward T.A. Pickett, Jurek Kolasa, and Clive G. Jones
Autore Pickett Steward T. <1950->
Edizione [2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (244 p.)
Disciplina 577
Altri autori (Persone) KolasaJurek
JonesClive G
Soggetto topico Ecology - Philosophy
Ecology - Methodology
ISBN 1-281-30729-7
9786611307295
0-08-054604-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front cover; Ecological Understanding: The Nature of Theory and the Theory of Nature, Second Edition; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; Part I: Advancing the Discipline and Enhancing Applications; Chapter 1: Integration in Ecology; I. Overview; II. Ecological Advances and Diversity of Ecology; III. Progress via Integration; IV. Integration, Understanding, and Theory; V. What an Integrated Ecology Might Look Like; VI. Conclusions and Prospects; Chapter 2: Understanding in Ecology; I. Overview
II. The Nature of Scientific UnderstandingIII. Toward Understanding; IV. Conclusions and Prospects; Part II: The Nature of Theory; Chapter 3: The Anatomy of Theory; I. Overview; II. Theory and Its Conceptual Foundation; III. The Basic Conceptual Content of Theory; IV. Theory and Its Empirical Content; V. Theory and Its Derived Conceptual Content; VI. Theory Frameworks and Structure; VII. Conclusions and Prospects; Chapter 4: The Ontogeny of Theory; I. Overview; II. Why Theory Change Is Important; III. How Theories Change; IV. Theory Maturity; V. Conclusions and Prospects
Chapter 5: The Taxonomy of TheoryI. Overview; II. The Bases of Taxonomy; III. Understanding and Diversity of Theory; IV. Examples of the Classification of Theories and Models; V. Conclusions and Prospects; Part III: From Theory to Integration and Application; Chapter 6: Fundamental Questions: Changes in Understanding; I. Overview; II. Theory and Change in Understanding; III. Examples of Fundamental Questions; IV. All Fundamental Questions Are Not Created Equal; V. Where Do Radically New Theories Come From?; VI. Conclusions and Prospects; Chapter 7: Integration and Synthesis; I. Overview
II. IntegrationIII. Questions for Integration; IV. Radical Integration and Paradigms; V. Theory as a Constraint on Integration across Paradigms: New Fundamental Questions; VI. Theory as a Constraint on Integration across Paradigms; VII. Conclusions and Prospects; Part IV: Theory and Its Environment; Chapter 8: Constraint and Objectivity in Ecological Integration; I. Overview; II. Sociological Constraints on Integration; III. Societal Constraints on Integration; IV. Scientific Objectivity and Changes in Paradigm; V. Integration and Paradigms Affecting the Whole of Ecology
VI. Conclusions and ProspectsChapter 9: Ecological Understanding and the Public; I. Overview; II. Scientific versus Public Concepts of Theory; III. Certainty and Belief in Science; IV. Judging Science in the Public Sphere; V. The State of Public Knowledge of Ecology; VI. Rights and Responsibilities in Ecological Understanding; VII. What It All Means; LITERATURE CITED; INDEX
Record Nr. UNINA-9910777463703321
Pickett Steward T. <1950->  
Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2007
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Ecological understanding [[electronic resource] ] : the nature of theory and the theory of nature / / Steward T.A. Pickett, Jurek Kolasa, and Clive G. Jones
Ecological understanding [[electronic resource] ] : the nature of theory and the theory of nature / / Steward T.A. Pickett, Jurek Kolasa, and Clive G. Jones
Autore Pickett Steward T. <1950->
Edizione [2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (244 p.)
Disciplina 577
Altri autori (Persone) KolasaJurek
JonesClive G
Soggetto topico Ecology - Philosophy
Ecology - Methodology
ISBN 1-281-30729-7
9786611307295
0-08-054604-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front cover; Ecological Understanding: The Nature of Theory and the Theory of Nature, Second Edition; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; Part I: Advancing the Discipline and Enhancing Applications; Chapter 1: Integration in Ecology; I. Overview; II. Ecological Advances and Diversity of Ecology; III. Progress via Integration; IV. Integration, Understanding, and Theory; V. What an Integrated Ecology Might Look Like; VI. Conclusions and Prospects; Chapter 2: Understanding in Ecology; I. Overview
II. The Nature of Scientific UnderstandingIII. Toward Understanding; IV. Conclusions and Prospects; Part II: The Nature of Theory; Chapter 3: The Anatomy of Theory; I. Overview; II. Theory and Its Conceptual Foundation; III. The Basic Conceptual Content of Theory; IV. Theory and Its Empirical Content; V. Theory and Its Derived Conceptual Content; VI. Theory Frameworks and Structure; VII. Conclusions and Prospects; Chapter 4: The Ontogeny of Theory; I. Overview; II. Why Theory Change Is Important; III. How Theories Change; IV. Theory Maturity; V. Conclusions and Prospects
Chapter 5: The Taxonomy of TheoryI. Overview; II. The Bases of Taxonomy; III. Understanding and Diversity of Theory; IV. Examples of the Classification of Theories and Models; V. Conclusions and Prospects; Part III: From Theory to Integration and Application; Chapter 6: Fundamental Questions: Changes in Understanding; I. Overview; II. Theory and Change in Understanding; III. Examples of Fundamental Questions; IV. All Fundamental Questions Are Not Created Equal; V. Where Do Radically New Theories Come From?; VI. Conclusions and Prospects; Chapter 7: Integration and Synthesis; I. Overview
II. IntegrationIII. Questions for Integration; IV. Radical Integration and Paradigms; V. Theory as a Constraint on Integration across Paradigms: New Fundamental Questions; VI. Theory as a Constraint on Integration across Paradigms; VII. Conclusions and Prospects; Part IV: Theory and Its Environment; Chapter 8: Constraint and Objectivity in Ecological Integration; I. Overview; II. Sociological Constraints on Integration; III. Societal Constraints on Integration; IV. Scientific Objectivity and Changes in Paradigm; V. Integration and Paradigms Affecting the Whole of Ecology
VI. Conclusions and ProspectsChapter 9: Ecological Understanding and the Public; I. Overview; II. Scientific versus Public Concepts of Theory; III. Certainty and Belief in Science; IV. Judging Science in the Public Sphere; V. The State of Public Knowledge of Ecology; VI. Rights and Responsibilities in Ecological Understanding; VII. What It All Means; LITERATURE CITED; INDEX
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Pickett Steward T. <1950->  
Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2007
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The environment [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy, science, and ethics / / edited by William P. Kabasenche, Michael O'Rourke, and Matthew H. Slater
The environment [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy, science, and ethics / / edited by William P. Kabasenche, Michael O'Rourke, and Matthew H. Slater
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (316 p.)
Disciplina 333.7
Altri autori (Persone) KabasencheWilliam P. <1972->
O'RourkeMichael <1963->
SlaterMatthew H. <1977->
Collana Topics in contemporary philosophy
Soggetto topico Philosophy of nature
Nature
Ecology - Philosophy
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-49892-7
9786613594150
0-262-30177-6
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Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Topics in Contemporary Philosophy; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Environment: How to Understand It and What to Do about It; 2 The Concept of the Environment in Evolutionary Theory; 3 What If Ecological Communities Are Not Wholes?; 4 The Environment, from a Behavioral Perspective; 5 Systems Theory and the New Ecophilosophy; 6 Situated Adaptationism; 7 Thinking Ecologically: The Legacy of Rachel Carson; 8 Climate, Consensus, and Contrarians; 9 Nature as the School of the Moral World: Kant on Taking an Interest in Natural Beauty; 10 Precaution Has Its Reasons
11 Add to Cart? Environmental "Amenities" and Cost-Benefit Analysis12 Can We-and Should We-Make Reparation to "Nature"?; 13 Getting the Bad Out: Remediation Technologies and Respect for Others; 14 Emissions, Economics, and Equity: Problems with Nuclear Solutions to Climate Change; 15 On the Need for Front-Line Climate Ethics; Contributors; Index
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2012
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