Millstein, Roberta L. (2023) The coevolution of descriptive and evaluative beliefs in Aldo Leopold's thinking. [Preprint]

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The founder of conservation biology, Michael Soulé, set out a vision for conservation biology that was explicitly value-laden, analogous to cancer-biology. In so doing, he drew on the writings of Aldo Leopold, known among philosophers primarily for his land ethic. Employing and extending the work of Anderson (2004) and Clough (2020), I argue that the Leopoldian views that Soulé was drawing on were the product of the coevolution of descriptive and evaluative beliefs over the course of Leopold’s life, grounded in his experiences, resulting in tested and reliable – albeit defeasible – values underlying conservation biology.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Millstein, Roberta L. rlmillstein@ucdavis.edu 0000-0002-6493-6428
Additional Information:	Forthcoming in Philosophy of Science, a PSA 2022 symposium paper for the 2024 Special Issue.
Keywords:	conservation biology, science, values, Aldo Leopold, land ethic
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Ecology/Conservation Specific Sciences > Environmental Science General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Dr. Roberta L. Millstein
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2023 16:10
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2023 16:10
Item ID:	22644
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Ecology/Conservation Specific Sciences > Environmental Science General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	October 2023
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22644

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