Functions and Functioning in Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic and in Ecology

Autor:	Roberta L. Millstein
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Philosophy History History and Philosophy of Science Ecology Ecology (disciplines) Ecosystem Evolutionary theory Term function Biotic communities
Zdroj:	Philosophy of Science. 87:1107-1118
ISSN:	1539-767X 0031-8248
DOI:	10.1086/710619
Popis:	I examine the use of the termfunctionin Aldo Leopold’s land ethic, invoked as (1) the healthy functioning of the land community, which is dependent on (2) the maintenance of the characteristic functions of populations that are parts of the land community. The latter can be understood as referring to interactions between species that are the products of coevolution (such as parasite-host, predator-prey) and, thus, in terms of the “selected effect” account of function. The performance of these functions under certain conditions maintain what Leopold took to be the healthy functioning of a land community.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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