Adam Konopka teaches in the philosophy department at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA). His research interests are primarily in phenomenology and the philosophy of science. He has published several articles in journals such as the New Yearbook in Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy, Ethics, Policy, Environment, and Environmental Ethics.

• Introduction: On the Empirical and Logical Foundations of Ecology; 1. Varieties of Succession: A Genealogy of Early 20th Century Plant Ecology; 2. Logics of Habitat Fitness: A Genealogy of 19th Century Plant Geography; 3. Kant’s Account of Organic Form: A Phenomenological Critique; 4. Husserl’s Logic of Fitness: Parts, Wholes, and Phenomenological Necessity; 5. Environing Places and Geometric Space; Conclusion.

Adam Konopka teaches in the philosophy department at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA). His research interests are primarily in phenomenology and the philosophy of science. He has published several articles in journals such as the New Yearbook in Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy, Ethics, Policy, Environment, and Environmental Ethics.

• Introduction: On the Empirical and Logical Foundations of Ecology; 1. Varieties of Succession: A Genealogy of Early 20th Century Plant Ecology; 2. Logics of Habitat Fitness: A Genealogy of 19th Century Plant Geography; 3. Kant’s Account of Organic Form: A Phenomenological Critique; 4. Husserl’s Logic of Fitness: Parts, Wholes, and Phenomenological Necessity; 5. Environing Places and Geometric Space; Conclusion.

Adam Konopka teaches in the philosophy department at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA). His research interests are primarily in phenomenology and the philosophy of science. He has published several articles in journals such as the New Yearbook in Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy, Ethics, Policy, Environment, and Environmental Ethics.

• Introduction: On the Empirical and Logical Foundations of Ecology; 1. Varieties of Succession: A Genealogy of Early 20th Century Plant Ecology; 2. Logics of Habitat Fitness: A Genealogy of 19th Century Plant Geography; 3. Kant’s Account of Organic Form: A Phenomenological Critique; 4. Husserl’s Logic of Fitness: Parts, Wholes, and Phenomenological Necessity; 5. Environing Places and Geometric Space; Conclusion.