Value management and model pluralism in climate science

Jebeile, Julie; Crucifix, Michel (2021). Value management and model pluralism in climate science. Studies in history and philosophy of science, 88, pp. 120-127. Elsevier 10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.06.004

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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 becomes a serious possibility 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.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Philosophy
10 Strategic Research Centers > Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR)

UniBE Contributor:

Jebeile, Julie Alia Nina

Subjects:

100 Philosophy

ISSN:

0039-3681

Publisher:

Elsevier

Funders:

[4] Swiss National Science Foundation

Language:

English

Submitter:

Julie Alia Nina Jebeile

Date Deposited:

07 Feb 2022 15:28

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:05

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.06.004

Uncontrolled Keywords:

climate models, multi-model ensemble, uncertainty quanti cation, model pluralism, scientific objectivity, values in science, value-free ideal, strong objectivity

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/164698

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/164698

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