January 2011
8 posts
“A veces tengo la impresión de que escribo por simple curiosidad intensa. Es que,...”
– Clarice Lispector.
In discussing the evolution of the theory of vegetation dynamics, Michael Barbour illustrates the close interrelationship between ecological theory, cultural views and personal experience of the individual scientist. Barbour writes:
‘[E]cologists … imagine that their search to explain the ultimate realities in nature is carried out along a logical, unbiased course from hypothesis to test,...
In discussing the evolution of the theory of vegetation dynamics, Michael Barbour illustrates the close interrelationship between ecological theory, cultural views and personal experience of the individual scientist. Barbour writes:
‘[E]cologists … imagine that their search to explain the ultimate realities in nature is carried out along a logical, unbiased course from hypothesis to test,...
With the explicit consideration of humans in ecosystems, traditional disciplinary and organizational boundaries have lost much of their original utility.
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Disciplinary separation, reductionism and the disassociation of humans from nature have left science and society ill-prepared for current issues that demand interdisciplinary collaboration and the integration of humans and nature.
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Reintroduction-repatriation projects are good examples of the need for interdisciplinary discussion about ways to reconcile and embed science with ethics and values. Interdisciplinary insights from biologists, ecologists, philosophers, sociologists, economists, lawyers and political scientists are essential in developing creative and broadly synthetic proactive solutions to complex...
Like other biophysical sciences, ecology is engaged in two major conceptual shifts integral to the science-society relationship: the shift to include humans in the ecosystem, and the shift from a purely reductionist to a systems view of the world.
G.A. Bradshaw y Marc Bekoff: Ecology and social responsability: the re-embodiment of science. Trends in ecology & evolution (2001) Vol. 16 No. 8...
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“Las más grandes alegrías de la vida on line, son los encuentros, las conversaciones apasionadas y las amistades tejidas alrededor de los blogs, con seres humanos por fin liberados del peso de las convenciones, de la edad, del físico y de las hormonas, de la diferencia horaria y de la distancia. Y eso ya es mucho. Nadie toma en serio las amistades virtuales pero sé, con una confianza que nunca...