Laws in Ecology: Diverse Modes of Explanation for a Holistic Science

Ecology's reputation as a holistic science is partly due to widespread misconceptions of its nature as well as shortcomings in its methodology. This article argues that the pursuit of empirical laws of ecology can foster the emergence of a more unified and predictive science based on complement...

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Published in:Zygon
Authors: Gunton, Richard (Author) ; Gilbert, Francis 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
In: Zygon
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ecology / Natural sciences / Holism
RelBib Classification:NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B biotic
B numerical
B Paradigm
B Herman Dooyeweerd
B Spatial
B Abstraction
B physical
B Reductionism
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