In this paper I will discuss hoe the character Jo from Chapter 1 of Philip Kitcher and Evelyn Fox Keller’s “The Seasons Alter”, develops two broad types of evidential support for human-induced climate change. Her two claims include: build on what you know and consider the alternatives. I will accuracy present how these two types of evidential support for human-induced climate change (build on what you know and consider the alternatives), support the claim that human activities are contributing to climate change and that indeed it is real. I will also engage critically with Jo’s claims by considering ways in which humans might act to mitigate the effects of climate change. In the present day, ninety-seven out of one hundred climate experts
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The first claim Jo presents us with is “build on what you know”. Joe believes that there is no such thing a the global mean temperature because people can calculate it in several ways and collect distinct results (Kitcher & Fox Keller 4). Jo agrees that there are several ways to compute the global mean temperature but unlike Joe, she argues that if all the reasonable ways in which to compute the global mean temperature result in graphs with roughly similar shapes, you are “entitled to conclude that thats whats been going on” (Kitcher & Fox Keller 4). Jo states that there is a general method to study. “Scientists observe processes in the present. They show how something they can measure indicates the average yearly temperature. Then they measure that variable for periods in the past, and calculate the average yearly temperatures for particular places. “ (Kitcher & Fox Keller 8) These processes are repeated and using distinct ways of measuring, such as tree rings, corals, or other thing. When their various “thermometers” present us with the same story, scientists feel confident about the reliability of the data. after these processes, scientists average their measurements over a rational sample of locations to come up with the resulting global mean temperature. This is what Jo calls building on what you
The first claim Jo presents us with is “build on what you know”. Joe believes that there is no such thing a the global mean temperature because people can calculate it in several ways and collect distinct results (Kitcher & Fox Keller 4). Jo agrees that there are several ways to compute the global mean temperature but unlike Joe, she argues that if all the reasonable ways in which to compute the global mean temperature result in graphs with roughly similar shapes, you are “entitled to conclude that thats whats been going on” (Kitcher & Fox Keller 4). Jo states that there is a general method to study. “Scientists observe processes in the present. They show how something they can measure indicates the average yearly temperature. Then they measure that variable for periods in the past, and calculate the average yearly temperatures for particular places. “ (Kitcher & Fox Keller 8) These processes are repeated and using distinct ways of measuring, such as tree rings, corals, or other thing. When their various “thermometers” present us with the same story, scientists feel confident about the reliability of the data. after these processes, scientists average their measurements over a rational sample of locations to come up with the resulting global mean temperature. This is what Jo calls building on what you