Philosophy and Biodiversity (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)
Contributors: Markku Oksanen (Editor); Juhani Pietarinen (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 13, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521039147
Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Philosophy of science; General; Philosophy / General; Philosophy
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).