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Research perspectives and the anomalous status of modern ecology
Biology and Philosophy 4 (4):433-455 (1989)
Abstract
Ecology has often been characterized as an immature scientific discipline. This paper explores some of the sources of this alleged immaturity. I argue that the perception of immaturity results primarily from the fact that historically ecologists have based their work upon two very different approaches to research.My notes
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Progress and its Problems: Toward a Theory of Scientific Growth.Larry Laudan - 1977 - University of California Press.
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