1) any references that come to mind on forestry, holism, mechanistic
science, general philosophy of science...
Hi Jason,
If you want to critique scientific thought, you should probably read
up on the basic epistemologies thereof. I think what is most relevant
to modern science is the critique of logical positivism, which mainly
occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Of the most cogent
critiques of logical positivism, the best are from Karl Popper. I
recommend _The Logic of Scientific Discovery_ as a place to start
there. You should probably also read Thomas Kuhn's _The Structure of
Scientific Revolutions_ - not a book on the philosophy of science, but
rather, a history thereof, it nonetheless contains useful viewpoints
on the difference between 'philosophically pure' science and 'science
as it is actually practiced.'