caa a22 4500 467901767 CHVBK 20180406152820.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10699-005-3196-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10699-005-3196-x Parker W. Science Studies Program, University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0104, 92093-0104, La Jolla, CA, USA aut Understanding Pluralism in Climate Modeling [Elektronische Daten] [W. Parker] To study Earth's climate, scientists now use a variety of computer simulation models. These models disagree in some of their assumptions about the climate system, yet they are used together as complementary resources for investigating future climatic change. This paper examines and defends this use of incompatible models. I argue that climate model pluralism results both from uncertainty concerning how to best represent the climate system and from difficulties faced in evaluating the relative merits of complex models. I describe how incompatible climate models are used together in ‘multi-model ensembles' and explain why this practice is reasonable, given scientists' inability to identify a ‘best' model for predicting future climate. Finally, I characterize climate model pluralism as involving both an ontic competitive pluralism and a pragmatic integrative pluralism. Springer, 2006 climate change nationallicence computer simulation nationallicence models nationallicence pluralism nationallicence uncertainty nationallicence Foundations of Science Kluwer Academic Publishers 11/4(2006-12-01), 349-368 1233-1821 11:4<349 2006 11 10699 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-005-3196-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-005-3196-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Parker W. Science Studies Program, University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0104, 92093-0104, La Jolla, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Foundations of Science Kluwer Academic Publishers 11/4(2006-12-01), 349-368 1233-1821 11:4<349 2006 11 10699 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer