Climate Change Debate - An Epistemic and Ethical Enquiry

Informationen zum Autor David Coady is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He has published on many topics in applied epistemology, including expertise, conspiracy theory, rumor, and the blogosphere. He is the editor of Conspiracy Theories: The Philosophical Debate (2006), and the author of What To Believe Now: Applying Epistemology to Contemporary Issues (2012). He has also published on metaphysics, philosophy of law, police ethics, the ethics of horror films, and the ethics of cricket. Richard Corry is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He has published in the metaphysics of science and is editor, with Huw Price, of Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality (2007). Klappentext Of the two kinds of philosophical questions - epistemic and ethical - raised by the public debate about climate change, professional philosophers have dealt almost exclusively with the ethical. This book is the first to address both and examine the relationship between them. Zusammenfassung Of the two kinds of philosophical questions – epistemic and ethical - raised by the public debate about climate change, professional philosophers have dealt almost exclusively with the ethical. This book is the first to address both and examine the relationship between them. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Scepticism and Climate Change Scepticism 3. Experts in the Climate Change Debate 4. Climate Science as a Social Institution 5. Is Climate Science Really Science? 6. Climate Change and International Justice 7. Climate Change and Intergenerational Justice 8. Climate Change and Personal Responsibility 9. Conclusion References

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List of Figures Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Scepticism and Climate Change Scepticism 3. Experts in the Climate Change Debate 4. Climate Science as a Social Institution 5. Is Climate Science Really Science? 6. Climate Change and International Justice 7. Climate Change and Intergenerational Justice 8. Climate Change and Personal Responsibility 9. Conclusion References

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: D. Coady, Davi Coady, David Coady, David Corry Coady, R Corry, R. Corry, Richard Corry
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 15.10.2013
• EAN: 9781137326270
• ISBN: 978-1-137-32627-0
• Pages: 130
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Biologie > Ecologie; C, Sociology, Ethics, Climate Change, Environmental Policy, The environment, Epistemology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Environmental Sociology, Environmental Social Sciences, Ethics and moral philosophy, Environmental Sciences, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Central / national / federal government policies, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Moral Philosophy