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Author Konopka, Adam, author.

Title Ecological investigations : a phenomenology of habitats / Adam C. Konopka
Published Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 177 pages) : illustrations
Series History and philosophy of biology
History and philosophy of biology.
Summary These investigations identify and clarify some basic assumptions and methodological principles involved in ecological explanations of plant associations. How are plants geographically distributed into characteristic groups? What are the basic conditions that organize groups of interspecific plant populations that are characteristic of particular kinds of habitats? Answers to these questions concerning the geographical distribution of plants in late 19th century European plant geography and early 20th century American plant ecology can be distinguished according to differing logical assumptions concerning the habitats of plant associations. Through an analysis of several significant case studies in the early history of plant ecology, Konopka distinguishes a logic of habitats that conceives of plant associations in an analogy to individual organisms with a logic that conceives of plant associations in a reciprocal relation to habitat physiography. He argues that a phenomenological conception of the logical attributes of habitats can philosophically complement the physiographic tradition in early plant ecology and provide an attractive alternative to standard reductionism and holism debates that persist today. This wide ranging and original analysis will be valuable for readers interested in the history and philosophy of ecology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Adam Konopka teaches in the philosophy department at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA). His research interests are primarily in phenomenology and the philosophy of science. He has published several articles in journals such as the New Yearbook in Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy, Ethics, Policy, Environment, and Environmental Ethics
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Subject Plant ecology -- America -- History -- 20th century
Plant ecology -- Europe -- History -- 19th century
Biogeography -- America -- History -- 20th century
Biogeography -- Europe -- History -- 19th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Biogeography
Plant ecology
America
Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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