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Missing the Forest for the Fish: How Much Does the ‘Hawkmoth Effect’ Threaten the Viability of Climate Projections?

Roman Frigg and others have developed a general epistemological argument designed to cast doubt on the capacity of a broad range of mathematical models (including many climate models) to generate “decision relevant predictions.” In this article, we lay out the structure of their argument—an argument...

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Published in:Philosophy of Science Vol. 83; no. 5; pp. 1122 - 1133
Main Authors: Goodwin, William M., Winsberg, Eric
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press Dec2016
Subjects:
Frigg, Roman
Theory of knowledge
Climatology
Nonlinear systems
Logistic maps (Mathematics)
Mathematical models
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost