Ebook: Philosophy of ecology
Author: Brown Bryson, De Laplante Kevin, Gabbay Dov M., Peacock Kent, Thagard Paul, Woods John (eds.)
- Genre: Biology
- Tags: Applied ecology., Ecology -- Philosophy.
- Series: Handbook of the Philosophy of Science 11
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Elsevier Science
- City: Amsterdam
- Language: English
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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 Read more...
Abstract: 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 need