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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities$s2024-
[2017]
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Zygon
Year: 2017, Volume: 52, Issue: 2, Pages: 538-560 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ecology
/ Natural sciences
/ Holism
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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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