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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1111/oik.10994
Lizenz creative commons licence
Titel (primär) Looking beyond Popper: how philosophy can be relevant to ecology
Autor Heger, T.; Elliot-Graves, A.; Kaiser, M.I.; Morrow, K.H.; Bausman, W.; Dietl, G.P.; Dormann, C.F.; Gibson, D.J.; Griesemer, J.; Itescu, Y.; Jax, K.; Latimer, A.M.; Liu, C.; Starrfelt, J.; Stephens, P.A.; Jeschke, J.M.
Quelle Oikos
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
Department NSF
Band/Volume 2025
Heft 2
Seite von e10994
Sprache englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
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Keywords bridging academic disciplines; ecological concepts; ecological modelling; epistemology; ethics; interdisciplinary work; methods in ecology; ontology
Abstract Current workflows in academic ecology rarely allow an engagement of ecologists with philosophers, or with contemporary philosophical work. We argue that this is a missed opportunity for enriching ecological reasoning and practice, because many questions in ecology overlap with philosophical questions and with current topics in contemporary philosophy of science. One obstacle to a closer connection and collaboration between the fields is the limited awareness of scientists, including ecologists, of current philosophical questions, developments and ideas. In this article, we aim to overcome this obstacle and trigger more collaborations between ecologists and philosophers. First, we provide an overview of philosophical research relevant to ecologists. Second, we use examples to demonstrate that many ecological questions have a philosophical dimension and point to related philosophical work. We elaborate on one example – the debate around the appropriate level of complexity of ecological models – to show in more detail how philosophy can enrich ecology. Finally, we provide suggestions for how to initiate collaborative projects involving both ecologists and philosophers.
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Heger, T., Elliot-Graves, A., Kaiser, M.I., Morrow, K.H., Bausman, W., Dietl, G.P., Dormann, C.F., Gibson, D.J., Griesemer, J., Itescu, Y., Jax, K., Latimer, A.M., Liu, C., Starrfelt, J., Stephens, P.A., Jeschke, J.M. (2025):
Looking beyond Popper: how philosophy can be relevant to ecology
Oikos 2025 (2), e10994 10.1111/oik.10994