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GE Yong-lin, XU Zheng-Chun, WU Jie, WANG Zhong-yi. On the Perplexity of Ecological Ontology and Its Possible Resolution[J]. Journal of Beijing Forestry University (Social Science), 2019, 18(4): 8-13. DOI: 10.13931/j.cnki.bjfuss.2019099
Citation: GE Yong-lin, XU Zheng-Chun, WU Jie, WANG Zhong-yi. On the Perplexity of Ecological Ontology and Its Possible Resolution[J]. Journal of Beijing Forestry University (Social Science), 2019, 18(4): 8-13. DOI: 10.13931/j.cnki.bjfuss.2019099
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On the Perplexity of Ecological Ontology and Its Possible Resolution

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    School of Philosophy and Social Development, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631,P.R,China

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    College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, P. R. China

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  • Received Date: August 19, 2019
  • Available Online: October 25, 2019
  • Published Date: November 30, 2019
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  • Because the definitions of the core concepts and theories of ecology, such as community, ecosystem, etc., are operational, they are not clearly defined, which can easily lead to ambiguities and terminological confusion among different users and ecological situations.Meanwhile some ecological theories, for example, theories about community succession, ecological balance, diversity and stability, cannot effectively realize the ontological commitment to these ecological entities, phenomena,and processes. There existed divergences between holism and reductionism, realism and anti-realism in ecology. A holon spanning all structural and functional levels of the ecosystem, whose variable quantity and constant essential relationship between whole and part, may provide us with new enlightenment to solve the ecological ontological problems.
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