Causal efficacy and the normative notion of sustainability science
Sustainability science requires both a descriptive understanding and a normative approach. Modern science, however, began as purely descriptive knowledge, the core of which is that matter is dynamically inert and without purpose. The British philosopher David Hume concluded that the only type of cau...
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Taylor & Francis Group
2011-10-01
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| Series: | Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy |
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| Online Access: | http://sspp.proquest.com/archives/vol7iss2/1103-010.wang.html |