Environment, mathematics and the best solution to stop natural world destruction

• Kwiatkowska, Teresa ^[1] ; Szatzschneider, Wojciech ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

     Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

     México

     
  2. [2] Universidad Anáhuac del Norte, México
• Localización: Ludus vitalis: revista de filosofía de las ciencias de la vida = journal of philosophy of life sciences = revue de philosophie des sciences de la vie, ISSN 1133-5165, Vol. 22, Nº. 41, 2014, págs. 269-277
• Idioma: inglés
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  • First, we discuss the use and misuse of mathematics that have been applied to apparently solve environmental problems. We then explore a new kind of environmental cooperation called fusion, in order to analyze the optimal way of using environmental funds, private or public, compulsory or voluntary contributions. We will work with mathematical models, yet our results do not significantly depend on them nor on the parameters chosen. We believe that the specification of models and their particular parameters is the biggest flaw in the application of mathematics in environmental sciences.