Elisabeth (Hrsg.) A. Lloyd

Climate Modelling

Philosophical and Conceptual Issues

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This edited collection of works by leading climate scientists and philosophers introduces readers to issues in the foundations, evaluation, confirmation, and application of climate models. It engages with important topics directly affecting public policy, including the role of doubt, the use of satellite data, and the robustness of models.Climate Modelling provides an early and significant contribution to the burgeoning Philosophy of Climate Science field that will help to shape our understanding of these topics in both philosophy and the wider scientific context. It offers insight into the reasons we should believe what climate models say ab… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Winsberg, Eric (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-3-319-87939-0
EAN: 9783319879390
Produktnummer: 31771726
Verlag: Springer Nature EN
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 497 S.
Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.8 cm 688 g
Auflage: Nachdr.
Abbildungen: s/w. Abb.
Gewicht: 688
Sonstiges: Research

Über den Autor

Elisabeth A. Lloyd is Arnold and Maxine Tanis Chair of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, USA. She specializes in the philosophy of climate science and the philosophy of evolutionary biology. Eric Winsberg is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida. His research interests include models and simulations, the philosophy of climate science, and the philosophy of physics, as well as general philosophy of science.