Project description
Understanding climate science and our role in climate change
The current philosophy of climate science has neglected to study the epistemic goal of constructing climate models and if these models can contribute to understanding the earth’s climate system and humans’ role in climate change. The EU-funded CMCSU project will develop an account of climate scientific understanding and how we can understand climate science by using the conceptual engineering method. The results can have a wide-ranging impact on the philosophy of science and related philosophical and scientific disciplines, generate a new context for forging interdisciplinary relations between philosophers and climate scientists and allow the general public better to understand and trust climate science.
Objective
What exactly is the epistemic goal of constructing climate models? Can these models help us in our endeavour to understand Earths climate system and our role in climate change? This is a very important question that hasnt yet received the attention it deserves in the recent philosophy of climate science. My overall research objective in this project is to address this important lacuna. I plan to do this by developing an account of climate scientific understanding and the means by which we can achieve understanding in climate science. The method I will use originates with Carnap and has recently gained a great deal of popularity, i.e. conceptual engineering. I will achieve this objective by combining my previous expertise on the topic of understanding with scientific models and the role of mathematics in scientific understanding with the new skills and competencies gained through advanced training, under the guidance of a highly qualified supervisor, Prof. Stephan Hartmann, a leading expert on scientific models and their role in science. Conducting this project at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (LMU) will considerably improve my research and help me make significant contributions to the current discussion in the philosophy of climate science. This will establish me as an independent research leader in Europe and, therefore, help me secure a permanent academic position.
The results of this project can have a wide-ranging impact on the philosophy of science and neighbouring philosophical and scientific disciplines. For instance, it can contribute to a better understanding of the practice of climate science, it can generate a new context for forging interdisciplinary relations between philosophers and climate scientists, and (suitably modified) it can be used in a general strategy to help the general public better understand and trust climate science.
My project fits with the 13th goal set out in the UN 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01
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80539 MUNCHEN
Germany
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