Thinking about NatureUniversity of Georgia Press, 1988 - 235 sidor |
Innehåll
Thinking about the Environment | 9 |
Frameworks | 21 |
What It Is and What It Isnt | 31 |
Ecology in Perspective | 45 |
2 | 51 |
Exponential discrete growth | 57 |
Reductions and Holism | 66 |
126 | 67 |
Supervenience and Essence | 109 |
Theory Fact and Value | 133 |
Puzzles About Value | 146 |
The Environment and Conventional Moral Theory | 157 |
Beyond the Social Contract | 173 |
Living in the New Community | 186 |
Practical Matters | 201 |
Bibliography | 222 |
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