Item – Theses Canada

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OCLC number
47117409
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Author
Castle, David G. A.(David Gordon A.),1967-
Title
Three applications of the semantic conception of theories to problems in ecology.
Degree
Ph. D. -- University of Guelph, 1998
Publisher
Ottawa : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, [1999]
Description
4 microfiches.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
This thesis is an investigation of the nature of scientific explanation in ecology. It argues that the semantic conception of scientific theories correctly describes scientific explanation in biology. Three problems concerning explanation in theoretical ecology are then shown to be resolvable by adopting the semantic conception of theories.
ISBN
0612332969
9780612332966