While any conclusions to be drawn from such an exploratory project are, indeed, bound to be partial, my hope is that an attempt at summarizing some of the most important aspects of this book will help to seed future discussions about conservation issues. In very broad and general terms, this has been a project of truth-seeking. A more contemporary approach to framing such a project might instead focus on the attempt made to begin building a bridge of agreement between two related, but sometimes conflicting, fields. Regardless of whether the foregoing is interpreted as more objectivist or subjectivist, however, it should be understood as constituting a step toward placing the theory of conservation biology on a surer philosophical footing.