{"product_id":"philosophical-foundations-for-the-practices-of-ecology-paperback-9780521133036","title":"Philosophical Foundations for the Practices of Ecology (Paperback) 9780521133036","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePhilosophical Foundations for the Practices of Ecology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEcology is a difficult field - this book presents a coherent philosophy for the struggle to understand, practise and teach it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam A. Reiners (Author), Jeffrey A. Lockwood (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521133036, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 12 November 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e226 pages, 5 b\/w illus.  1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.8 x 1.2 cm, 0.38 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a valuable introductory account of philosophy. The authors' arguments show clarity and are illustrated with simple examples. There is also a useful glossary of philosophical terms. I am sure many biology students will welcome this text as a guide through unfamiliar territory.' The Biologist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEcologists use a remarkable range of methods and techniques to understand complex, inherently variable, and functionally diverse entities and processes across a staggering range of spatial, temporal and interactive scales. These multiple perspectives make ecology very different to the exemplar of science often presented by philosophers. In Philosophical Foundations for the Practices of Ecology, designed for graduate students and researchers, ecology is put into a new philosophical framework that engages with this inherent pluralism while still placing constraints on the ways that we can investigate and understand nature. The authors begin by exploring the sources of variety in the practice of ecology and how these have led to the current conceptual confusion. They argue that the solution is to adopt the approach of constrained perspectivism and go on to explore the ontological, metaphysical, and epistemological aspects of this position and how it can be used in ecological research and teaching.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface and acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Conceptual confusion in ecology and its causes\u003cbr\u003e 3. Causes of ecology's conceptual confusion\u003cbr\u003e 4. Finding ourselves in philosophical terms\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ecological pragmatism and constrained perspectivism - an introduction\u003cbr\u003e 6. Ecological pragmatism and constrained perspectivism - ontology\u003cbr\u003e 7. Ecological pragmatism and constrained perspectivism - metaphysics\u003cbr\u003e 8. Ecological pragmatism and constrained perspectivism - epistemology\u003cbr\u003e 9. Ecological pragmatism and constrained perspectivism - a summary\u003cbr\u003e 10. The practice of constrained perspectivism in ecology\u003cbr\u003e 11. What constrained perspectivism offers to the teaching of ecology\u003cbr\u003e 12. The heroic handy man and the future of ecology\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of philosophical terms\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Plant ecology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Plant ecology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Plant%20ecology%20%5BPSTS%5D%22\"\u003ePSTS\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20science%20%5BPDA%5D%22\"\u003ePDA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005445460248,"sku":"9780521133036","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521133036i_c7c8193d-fa10-478d-bf2e-0dd75acdb6d1.jpg?v=1691372141","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/philosophical-foundations-for-the-practices-of-ecology-paperback-9780521133036","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}