Philosophy and Biodiversity (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)
Contributors: Markku Oksanen (Editor); Juhani Pietarinen (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 6, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521804301
Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Philosophy of science; General; Philosophy; Wildlife; Philosophy / General; Biological diversity; Biodiversity
First sentence: The neologism "biodiversity" entered the vocabularies of science, bioethics, the media, and the environmentally aware public during the 1980s; its longer version, "biological diversity," has been in use since the late 1970s (Schwarz et al. 1976; States et al. 1978).