The structural links between ecology, evolution, and ethics: the virtuous epistemic circle. By Donato Bergandi

Jean-François Ponge (1)

1 MAOAC - Mécanismes adaptatifs : des organismes aux communautés

The idea of a book devoted to the links between ecological science and philosophy, within the framework of present-day environmental concerns, was formed at an international workshop ("Between the philosophy of biology and the philosophy of ecology: evolutionisms, ecologies, and ethics") held in 2005 at the French National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) in Paris. Ten philosophers of science - from France, the United Kingdom, and the United States - contributed to the workshop, exchanging viewpoints and experiences in various environmental, ethical, and epistemological domains. This meeting resulted in The Structural Links between Ecology, Evolution, and Ethics: The Virtuous Epistemic Circle, a succinct book edited by Donato Bergandi, who also coordinated the workshop. Bergandi is a professor at the MNHN and is well known for his dissection of the concepts and methods now in use in systems ecology and for his stimulating debates about (a) holism and reductionism, (b) cybernetics, and (c) emergence.

Mots clés: science; philosophy; epistemology; evolution; ecology; Darwin; ethics

Domaines: Science des sols

Jean-François Ponge. The structural links between ecology, evolution, and ethics: the virtuous epistemic circle. By Donato Bergandi. Bioscience, 2014, 64 (3), pp.253-254. ⟨10.1093/biosci/biu007⟩. ⟨hal-00991045⟩