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Biodiversity and Environmental Philosophy: An Introduction

By Sahotra Sarkar

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0521851327, 9780521851329
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2659241 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
Pages
278\278
Library
duansci.com
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50

Description

This book explores the epistemological and ethical issues at the foundations of environmental philosophy, emphasising the conservation of biodiversity. Sahota Sarkar criticises attempts to attribute intrinsic value to nature and defends an anthropocentric position on biodiversity conservation based on an untraditional concept of transformative value. Unlike other studies in the field of environmental philosophy, this book is as much concerned with epistemological issues as with environmental ethics. It covers a broad range of topics, including problems of explanation and prediction in traditional ecology and how individual-based models and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology is transforming ecology. Introducing a brief history of conservation biology, Sarkar analyses the consensus framework for conservation planning through adaptive management. He concludes with a discussion of directions for theoretical research in conservation biology and environmental philosophy.

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