Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170104924

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170104924

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Laws, models and analogies in ecology. This project aims to explore whether there are laws in ecology and, if so, what role they play in ecological theory. If there were no ecological laws, ecologists would merely supply suites of models which would be assessed for their empirical adequacy but not for their ability to capture truths. If ecology does have laws, what are these laws and why do the best candidates for ecological laws not have exceptions? This project could influence understanding of ecological theory from a philosophical and an ecological perspective. This may have implications for the methodology of ecology and ecological modelling.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2017

End Date: 31-12-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $248,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | Environmental Philosophy | History and Philosophy of Science (incl. Non-historical Philosophy of Science) |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies

Other Keywords

Environmental Philosophy | Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | History and Philosophy of Science (incl. Non-historical Philosophy of Science)

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