Models in Climate Science

This will be the second conference in a series on  philosophical issues in climate science.  It will follow on from the previous conference organized by Richard Pettigrew in the IAS in May 2011 (http://www.bris.ac.uk/ias/diary/2011/80.html).  The first conference dealt with the epistemology of climate science.

This second conference will be a one-day event held in the Faculty of Arts.  It will focus on the ontology of models in climate science. It will be an interdisciplinary event, collaborating with researchers in geographical sciences (including flood modellers, palaeoclimate modellers, and sea ice modellers) and other interested parties whose research falls under the auspices of the Cabot Institute.