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Ecological Investigations

A Phenomenology of Habitats

Adam Konopka (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

178 Seiten

2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-30037-8 (ISBN)

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These investigations identify and clarify some basic assumptions and methodological principles involved in ecological explanations of plant associations. How are plants geographically distributed into characteristic groups? What are the basic conditions that organize groups of interspecific plant populations that are characteristic of particular kinds of habitats? Answers to these questions concerning the geographical distribution of plants in late 19th century European plant geography and early 20th century American plant ecology can be distinguished according to differing logical assumptions concerning the habitats of plant associations. Through an analysis of several significant case studies in the early history of plant ecology, Konopka distinguishes a logic of habitats that conceives of plant associations in an analogy to individual organisms with a logic that conceives of plant associations in a reciprocal relation to habitat physiography. He argues that a phenomenological conception of the logical attributes of habitats can philosophically complement the physiographic tradition in early plant ecology and provide an attractive alternative to standard reductionism and holism debates that persist today. This wide ranging and original analysis will be valuable for readers interested in the history and philosophy of ecology.

Adam Konopka teaches in the philosophy department at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA). His research interests are primarily in phenomenology and the philosophy of science. He has published several articles in journals such as the New Yearbook in Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy, Ethics, Policy, Environment, and Environmental Ethics.

Introduction: On the Empirical and Logical Foundations of Ecology; 1. Varieties of Succession: A Genealogy of Early 20th Century Plant Ecology; 2. Logics of Habitat Fitness: A Genealogy of 19th Century Plant Geography; 3. Kant’s Account of Organic Form: A Phenomenological Critique; 4. Husserl’s Logic of Fitness: Parts, Wholes, and Phenomenological Necessity; 5. Environing Places and Geometric Space; Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.08.2019
Reihe/Serie	History and Philosophy of Biology
Zusatzinfo	3 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Naturwissenschaften
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	1-138-30037-3 / 1138300373
ISBN-13	978-1-138-30037-8 / 9781138300378
Zustand	Neuware