Goodwin, William (2008) How does the Theologizing of Physics Contribute to Global Warming? [Preprint]
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In this paper I examine the sorts of arguments that motivate skepticism about the predictive powers of global climate models. I contend that these arguments work by contrasting the development and testing of global climate models with an idealized image of science drawn largely from a theologized model of fundamental physics. A richer appreciation of the methodology of a full range of successful empirical predictions— particularly in practical fields that study complex systems—can dispel some of these skeptical worries about climate science. If this is right, the good company into which climate science will have been drawn may help to save it from contemptuous ill-treatment at the hands of a theologized image of physics.
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| Keywords: | global climate models, engineering science, skepticism | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Earth Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | William Mark Goodwin | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:17 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 4247 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Earth Sciences |
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| Date: | October 2008 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4247 |
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