{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4232332967","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3197/096327199129341914","title":"Pragmatism, Adaptive Management, and Sustainability","display_name":"Pragmatism, Adaptive Management, and Sustainability","publication_year":1999,"publication_date":"1999-11-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4232332967","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3197/096327199129341914"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3197/096327199129341914","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3197/096327199129341914","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3197/096327199129341914","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S127318573","display_name":"Environmental Values","issn_l":"0963-2719","issn":["0963-2719","1752-7015"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-c","erih-plus","jufo-3","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Environmental Values","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102918016","display_name":"Bryan G. Norton","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-3567","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-3567"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I130701444","display_name":"Georgia Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01zkghx44","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Bryan G. Norton","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Public Policy Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Public Policy Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5102918016"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"],"apc_list":{"value":3650,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3650},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.799,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":26,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95043145,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"8","issue":"4","first_page":"451","last_page":"466"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12133","display_name":"Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education","score":0.9717000126838684,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12133","display_name":"Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education","score":0.9717000126838684,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12819","display_name":"Environmental Philosophy and Ethics","score":0.019099999219179153,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2309","display_name":"Nature and Landscape Conservation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12883","display_name":"Sustainable Development and Environmental Management","score":0.002899999963119626,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2308","display_name":"Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pragmatism","display_name":"pragmatism","score":0.9739999771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/adaptive-management","display_name":"adaptive management","score":0.8040000200271606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sustainability","display_name":"sustainability","score":0.9890000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/peircean-pragmatism","display_name":"Peircean pragmatism","score":0.7590000033378601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/henry-david-thoreau","display_name":"Henry David Thoreau","score":0.8870000243186951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/charles-sanders-peirce","display_name":"Charles Sanders Peirce","score":0.9290000200271606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/john-dewey","display_name":"John Dewey","score":0.9980000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/inquiry","display_name":"inquiry","score":0.5559999942779541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-learning","display_name":"social learning","score":0.7689999938011169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-management","display_name":"environmental management","score":0.8149999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/uncertainty","display_name":"uncertainty","score":0.8500000238418579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/objectivity","display_name":"objectivity","score":0.8759999871253967}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158573231","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126692","display_name":"Pragmatism","level":2,"score":0.9413379430770874},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2482559","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206330","display_name":"Objectivity (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.7002802491188049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.6852700710296631},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C66204764","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219416","display_name":"Sustainability","level":2,"score":0.6699890494346619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C521332185","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185816","display_name":"Analogy","level":2,"score":0.6420645713806152},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.46382251381874084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.39131417870521545},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3406582474708557},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3197/096327199129341914","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3197/096327199129341914","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3197/096327199129341914","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S127318573","display_name":"Environmental Values","issn_l":"0963-2719","issn":["0963-2719","1752-7015"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-c","erih-plus","jufo-3","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Environmental Values","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":9,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W341849635","https://openalex.org/W626470667","https://openalex.org/W637683243","https://openalex.org/W1912430666","https://openalex.org/W2083277445","https://openalex.org/W2525730749","https://openalex.org/W2979429075","https://openalex.org/W3184425500","https://openalex.org/W4230541498"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4251582937","https://openalex.org/W9810212","https://openalex.org/W3110986734","https://openalex.org/W2904779149","https://openalex.org/W29234356","https://openalex.org/W4238008778","https://openalex.org/W1903769890","https://openalex.org/W2905007066","https://openalex.org/W4400443705","https://openalex.org/W4230218592"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"pragmatic":[1],"conception":[2],"of":[3,29,42,71,79,84,107,112,124,132,169,178],"truth,":[4],"anticipated":[5],"by":[6,12],"Henry":[7],"David":[8],"Thoreau":[9],"and":[10,15,44,64,95,105,129,183],"developed":[11],"C.S.":[13],"Peirce":[14,94],"subsequent":[16],"pragmatists,":[17],"is":[18,115,149,185],"proposed":[19],"as":[20,165,195],"a":[21,47,59,109,122,130,166,170,188,199],"useful":[22],"analogy":[23],"for":[24,49,173],"characterising":[25],"\u2018sustainability\u2019.":[26],"Peirce's":[27],"definition":[28,83],"\u2018truth\u2019":[30],"provides":[31],"an":[32,52,72,155],"attractive":[33],"approach":[34,157,191],"to":[35,51,58,146,158,180,192],"sustainability":[36,85],"because":[37],"(a)":[38],"it":[39,66,184],"re-focuses":[40],"discussions":[41],"truth":[43],"objectivity":[45],"from":[46],"search":[48],"\u2018correspondence\u2019":[50],"\u2018external":[53],"world\u2019":[54],"(the":[55],"\u2018conform\u2019":[56],"approach)":[57],"more":[60],"forward-looking":[61],"(\u2018transform')":[62],"approach;":[63],"(b)":[65],"emphasises":[67],"the":[68,77,103,202],"crucial":[69],"role":[70],"evolving,":[73],"questioning":[74],"community":[75],"in":[76,176],"conduct":[78],"inquiry.":[80],"Any":[81],"successful":[82],"must":[86],"share":[87],"these":[88],"characteristics":[89],"with":[90],"Peircean":[91],"truth.":[92],"While":[93],"John":[96],"Dewey":[97],"never":[98],"reconciled":[99],"their":[100,113],"disagreements":[101],"regarding":[102],"nature":[104],"task":[106],"\u2018inquiry\u2019,":[108],"pragmatist":[110],"resolution":[111],"differences":[114],"offered,":[116],"arguing":[117],"that":[118,151,187],"we":[119],"need":[120],"both":[121],"logic":[123,131],"management":[125,153,160],"sciences":[126],"(logica":[127],"utens)":[128],"pure":[133],"science":[134],"(":[135],"logica":[136,171],"docens),":[137],"which":[138],"(perhaps":[139],"among":[140],"other":[141],"differences)":[142],"respond":[143],"very":[144],"differently":[145],"uncertainty.":[147],"It":[148],"shown":[150],"adaptive":[152],"\u2013":[154,161],"important":[156],"environmental":[159,181],"can":[162],"be":[163],"understood":[164],"first":[167],"approximation":[168],"utens":[172],"social":[174],"learning":[175],"pursuit":[177],"solutions":[179],"problems,":[182],"suggested":[186],"pragmatist,":[189],"transform":[190],"inquiry":[193],"such":[194],"Dewey's":[196],"may":[197],"provide":[198],"way":[200],"around":[201],"\u2018fact-value\u2019":[203],"gulf.":[204]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-28T10:33:24.094632","created_date":"2022-05-12T00:00:00"}
