Matt, et y'all:
While Chew is too polite to openly suggest it, it is apparent that I screwed
up big-time here; I jumped to conclusions and simply didn't search for the
paper by title before going off half-cocked. I appreciate Chew's time in
investigating, however, and apologize for the error. Muddy thinking on my
part.
Even so, it seems that the paper actually hasn't gotten much attention. A
simple search for "A Manifesto for Earth" and Rowe or Mosquin reveals only
about 60 "hits;" hardly a landslide of comment.
However, Chew's comment, ". . . it seeks to close discussion rather than
open it" would seem to imply that discussion of the paper's validity and
what, in the alternative, might be valid in terms of refutation of its
points, would be a worthy topic to sort out.
As Chew says, "Any other thoughts?" I would be most interested in Chew's own
thoughts, as well as those of others . . .
WT
Ecology: What is it and what isn't it? (This should be an easy question,
no?)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Chew" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 9:03 AM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Ecology What is it?
Wayne, et al:
The manifesto has been cited, e.g., by:
Patrick Curry (2006) Ecological Ethics. Cambridge UK: Polity Press.
J. Anthony Cassils (2007) Some Reflections on Human Rationality (or the
Lack of It) and the Way Ahead. Proceedings of the Canadia Association for
the Club of Rome 3(11)19-27
Robert Burke (2011) The Rise and Fall of Growth: The Inappropriateness of
Continuous Unchecked Growth. Journal of Futures Studies 16(1)79-100.
There may be others, but I've used up the 10 minutes I had available.
A link to the manifesto and some promotional text were posted to ECOLOG-L
in March 2004 (see Digest #2004-83) by one of its authors.
It has also been cited and linked to by various websites.
Why has it not been cited in ISI indexed journals? Perhaps because (like
many manifestos) it seeks to close discussion rather than open it.
Perhaps
because it isn't practical. Any other thoughts?
Matthew K Chew
Assistant Research Professor
Arizona State University School of Life Sciences
ASU Center for Biology & Society
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