Jebeile, Julie and Crucifix, Michel (2021) Value management and model pluralism in climate science. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Non-epistemic values pervade climate modelling, as is now well documented and widely discussed in the philosophy
of climate science. Recently, Parker and Winsberg have drawn attention to what can be termed “epistemic
inequality”: this is the risk that climate models might more accurately represent the future climates of the
geographical regions prioritised by the values of the modellers. In this paper, we promote value management as a
way of overcoming epistemic inequality. We argue that value management can be seriously considered as soon as
the value-free ideal and inductive risk arguments commonly used to frame the discussions of value influence in
climate science are replaced by alternative social accounts of objectivity. We consider objectivity in Longino's
sense as well as strong objectivity in Harding's sense to be relevant options here, because they offer concrete
proposals that can guide scientific practice in evaluating and designing so-called multi-model ensembles and, in
fine, improve their capacity to quantify and express uncertainty in climate projections.
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| Keywords: | Climate models, Multi-model ensemble, Uncertainty quantification, Model pluralism, Scientific objectivity, Values in science, Value-free ideal, Strong objectivity | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Climate Science and Meteorology General Issues > Feminist Approaches General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Julie Jebeile | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2021 17:18 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2021 17:18 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 19215 | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.06.004 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Climate Science and Meteorology General Issues > Feminist Approaches General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Date: | 22 June 2021 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19215 |
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