A philosopher goes wild [Book Review]

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 38 (1):289-296 (2007)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Sahotra Sarkar’s Biodiversity and environmental philosophy, An introduction is an important and timely book. The book is unique in that it is genuinely interdisciplinary: Sarkar is not only an observer, but also an active participant in the new field of conservation biology, and so, his book not only reviews the best recent science, but also advances it. The book is thus exemplary of both a naturalized approach to philosophy of science and a scientifically informed approach to environmental ethics. The book has four parts: a defense of biodiversity preservation, a systematic overview of ecological theory as it pertains to conservation, a critical history of conservation biology, and a discussion of how to prioritize places for conservation. Sarkar integrates nicely the normative and scientific aspects of the problem of conservation.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 90,593

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

What is Biodiversity?James Maclaurin & Kim Sterelny - 2008 - University of Chicago Press.
Some political problems for rewilding nature.John Hintz - 2007 - Ethics, Place and Environment 10 (2):177 – 216.
Naturalness and conservation in France.Annik Schnitzler, Jean-Claude Génot, Maurice Wintz & Brack W. Hale - 2008 - Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 21 (5):423-436.

Analytics

Added to PP
2010-08-30

Downloads
51 (#277,647)

6 months
4 (#319,344)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Anya Plutynski
Washington University in St. Louis

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

The shallow and the deep, long-range ecology movement. A summary.Arne Naess - 1973 - Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 16:95-100.

Add more references