260051 Philosophy of Impacts of Climate Change: the Scientific, the Social and the Political (S) (WiSe 2022/2023)

Climate change is real and impacts numerous aspects of our life. In this seminar, we aim to critically reflect on the concept of “impact” in the discourse on climate change, as various impacts have been the primary target of relevant action and policy. Issues regarding such impacts are often scientific as well as social and political. Thus, we draw on literatures mostly on philosophy of science, STS, and science policy in order to more comprehensively capture this multifaceted concept and to better understand what it means. We will see that knowledge, action, and values are intertwined among a wide variety of agents, including scientists, policymakers, and members of various communities, from the formation of climate knowledge to climate policy implementation. Moreover, we exploit the socially and politically relevant philosophy of science, as a conceptual apparatus, to grope for possible ways out in response to climate impacts.

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