{"product_id":"9783319650579","title":"Climate Modelling Philosophical and Conceptual Issues","description":"\u003ch1\u003eClimate Modelling\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePhilosophical and Conceptual Issues\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eElisabeth A. Lloyd | Eric Winsberg\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Environmental Science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edited collection of works by leading climate scientists and philosophers introduces readers to issues in the foundations, evaluation, confirmation, and application of climate models. It engages with important topics directly affecting public policy, including the role of doubt, the use of satellite data, and the robustness of models.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClimate Modelling\u003c\/i\u003e provides an early and significant contribution to the burgeoning Philosophy of Climate Science field that will help to shape our understanding of these topics in both philosophy and the wider scientific context. It offers insight into the reasons we should believe what climate models say about the world but addresses the issues that inform how reliable and well-confirmed these models are. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to students of climate science, philosophy of science, and of particular relevance to policy makers who depend on the models that forecast future states of the climate and ocean in order to make public policy decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElisabeth A. Lloyd \u003c\/b\u003eis Arnold and Maxine Tanis Chair of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, USA. She specializes in the philosophy of climate science and the philosophy of evolutionary biology.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Winsberg\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida. His research interests include models and simulations, the philosophy of climate science, and the philosophy of physics, as well as general philosophy of science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 February 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer International Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783319650579\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e497\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62324279705740,"sku":"9783319650579","price":224.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319650579.tif?v=1791390552","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319650579","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}