Front Cover; Philosophy of Ecology; Copyright Page; General Preface; Preface; Contributors; Contents; Introduction; Philosophy of Ecology Today; Part 1: Philosophical Issues in the History and Science of Ecology; Origins and Development of Ecology; The Legend of Order and Chaos: Communities and Early Community Ecology; Philosophical Themes in the Work of Robert H. Macarthur; Embodied Realism and Invasive Species; A Case Study in Concept Determination: Ecological Diversity; The Biodiversity-ecosystem Function Debate in Ecology; A Dynamical Approach to Ecosystem Identity
Summary
Annotation The most pressing problems facing humanity today 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
