Lam, Vincent Minh Duc; Rousselot, Yannick (21 September 2023). Anthropocene, Planetary Boundaries and Tipping Points: Interdisciplinarity and Values In Earth System Science (Unpublished). In: The 9th Biennial Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association. Belgrade.
Earth system science and modelling have the ambition “to build a unified understanding of the Earth”, which includes all the relevant human and social processes interacting with the physical components of the Earth system (atmosphere, cryosphere, land, ocean, lithosphere). This unified understanding involves many different disciplines both from the natural and social sciences, and fundamentally requires some level of interdisciplinarity. We argue that the interdisciplinary relations between the natural and social science domains in Earth system science can be characterized as a form of scientific imperialism. We show that this imperialistic nature of the interdisciplinary relations in Earth system science may pose new challenges for managing non-epistemic values in this context. We argue for more balanced interdisciplinary relationships, in particular leading to a more nuanced articulation of the Earth system science concepts of Anthropocene, planetary boundaries and tipping points.
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06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Philosophy 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Philosophy > Theoretical Philosophy 10 Strategic Research Centers > Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR) |
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Lam, Vincent Minh Duc |
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100 Philosophy 100 Philosophy > 120 Epistemology |
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English |
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Vincent Minh Duc Lam |
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08 Mar 2024 09:53 |
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08 Mar 2024 09:53 |
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https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/193868 |
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