Biodiversity and Environmental Philosophy

An Introduction

By:

Sahotra Sarkar

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology

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This book explores the epistemological and ethical issues at the foundations of environmental philosophy, emphasizing the conservation of biodiversity. Sahota Sarkar criticizes previous 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 analyzes the new consensus framework for conservation planning through adaptive management. He concludes with a discussion of the future directions for theoretical research in conservation biology and environmental philosophy.

Release date Australia

September 19th, 2005

Author

Sahotra Sarkar

Series

Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology

Pages

278

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Dimensions

152x229x19

ISBN-13

9780521851329

Product ID

5967135

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