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Chapter 3 Population ecology
Terry L. Amburgey
- Vol. 28
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The initial conditions at Stanford University during the 1970s and 1980s influenced the development and diffusion of population ecology as a theoretical research program as discussed by the authors, which is not a theory but rather a collection of theories developing over time with progressive problem shifts.Abstract:
Every paper needs a theme. Luckily, the venue defines the theme for me; how did the initial conditions at Stanford affect the development and diffusion of population ecology as a theoretical research program. I use the term theoretical research program reluctantly, especially considering the context of the department of sociology at Stanford University during the 1970s and 1980s (Lakatos & Musgrave, 1970). Nonetheless, I believe that population ecology can be usefully described as such. It is not a theory but rather a collection of theories developing over time with progressive problem shifts. There are methodological rules that define what paths of research to pursue and to avoid (Pfeffer, 1993, p. 613).read more
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Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge. Edited by I. Lakatos and A. Musgrave. Pp. viii, 282. £3·50, paperback £1. 1970. (Cambridge University Press.)
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