Inductive Risk and Values in Climate Science

Cross-posted from Je fais, donc je suisI’ve spent this weekend at the Rotman Institute’s big annual conference, this year on climate science. In this post, I want to follow up on an exchange Saturday morning, between Gavin Schmidt and Eric Winsberg.Some quick context: In a 2012 paper, Winsberg applied Heather Douglas’ inductive risk argument to [...]

This Wednesday: Doing Science in the Dark: the challenges of Climate-like science

Public Speaker: Leonard Smith, London School of EconomicsOctober 29, 2014 Location: London Public Library (Central Branch) 251 Dundas St., Stevenson & Hunt Room, 1st floorStart Time: 7:00 pmEnd Time: 9:00 pmClimate prediction and weather prediction are very different: due to constant refinements and new techniques, the life time of a climate model is much less than [...]

2016-01-29T11:58:39-05:00October 28th, 2014|2014 Conference, Climate Change, Philosophy of Science|

New video posted: Wayne Myrvold – What do you bring to a street fight?

The first in this year's Library Lectures, co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the London Public Library, has just been added to our YouTube channel. Check out the next lecture in the series in person tonight, October 15, at 7pm at the London Public Library (Central Branch): Gillian Barker - Ecological Thinking about Climate [...]

2016-01-29T12:00:38-05:00October 15th, 2014|Climate Change, Events|

Conference registration date extended – Program online

The deadline date to register for the upcoming Annual Rotman Institute Conference has been extended to October 17, 2014.Registration for Knowledge and Models in Climate Science: Philosophical, Historical, and Scientific Perspectives, which is from October 24-26 in London, Ontario is here.Note that the draft program for the conference is now available on the site. It [...]

2016-01-29T12:01:16-05:00October 14th, 2014|2014 Conference, Climate Change|

New, Easy Registration for Climate Models Conference – Free Registration for Students

There is now an easier way to register for the Annual Conference on Knowledge and Models in Climate Science. The new registration includes the ability to fill out the form and pay for the conference online.We're also pleased to announce that registration is now free for all undergraduate and graduate students, though there is still [...]

2014-10-10T12:30:13-04:00October 8th, 2014|2014 Conference|

Babies, Developmental Neuroscience, and Philosophy

The Rotman Institute and Brain and Mind Institute have recently welcomed many new additions into our families. One amazing feature of bringing new babies into the world is to witness, first hand, how our social brains develop, and to reflect on the various philosophical puzzles this information generates. Thankfully, several psychologists, developmental neuroscientists and philosophers have reflected [...]

2016-07-19T15:31:16-04:00October 2nd, 2014|Philosophy of Ethics, Science and Society|
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