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Biodiversity and environmental philosophy : = an introduction /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Biodiversity and environmental philosophy :/ Sahotra Sarkar.
Reminder of title:	an introduction /
remainder title:	Biodiversity & Environmental Philosophy
Author:	Sarkar, Sahotra,
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 258 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Environmental sciences - Philosophy. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511498558
ISBN:	9780511498558 (ebook)

Biodiversity and environmental philosophy : = an introduction /
Sarkar, Sahotra,

Biodiversity and environmental philosophy :an introduction /Biodiversity & Environmental PhilosophySahotra Sarkar. - 1 online resource (xvi, 258 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology. - Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

A focus on biodiversity -- The structure of the book -- Three flawed arguments -- Concern for the environment -- The myth of lost futures -- The myth of the golden age -- Wilderness -- Intrinsic values and biocentrism -- Adequacy conditions for a conservationist ethic -- Two concepts of intrinsic value -- Arguments for intrinsic value -- Biocentrism and deep ecology -- Animal welfare -- Tempered anthropocentrism -- Demand values -- Transformative values -- Obligations of conservation -- Wilderness and aesthetic appreciation -- The boundary problem -- The directionality problem -- Solutions -- Adequacy tests -- Problems of ecology -- Ecological models -- New directions -- Extinction -- The consensus view of conservation biology -- Adaptive management -- The place prioritization problem -- The surrogacy problem -- The viability problem -- Defining "biodiversity" -- Incommensurability and uncertainty -- Types of values -- Multiple criterion synchronization -- The context of biodiversity -- Coping with uncertainty -- Probabilistic place prioritization -- A bayesian future? -- In conclusion: issues for the future -- The value of biodiversity -- The science of biodiversity conservation.

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

ISBN: 9780511498558 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

556636
Environmental sciences
--Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: GE40 / .S27 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 333.95/16

Biodiversity and environmental philosophy : = an introduction /
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