Book ID: 85353
Cooper, Gregory J.
The Science of the Struggle for Existence. On the Foundations of Ecology. 2004. 6 line-drawing. 336 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This book is the first examination in almost a decade of issues in thephilosophy of ecology that have been a source of controversy since theemergence of ecology as an explicit scientific discipline. The controversies revolve around the idea of a balance of nature, thepossibility of general ecological knowledge and the role of model-building in ecology. It is also the first sustained treatment of these issues that incorporates both a comprehensive investigation of the relevant ecological literature and the development of an explicit theoretical framework in the philosophy of science.