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The Climate Change Debate

An Epistemic and Ethical Enquiry

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. David Coady

    1. University of Tasmania, Australia

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  2. Richard Corry

    1. University of Tasmania, Australia

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • David Coady, Richard Corry
    Pages 1-10

  3. Skepticism and Climate Change Skepticism

    • David Coady, Richard Corry
    Pages 11-21

  4. Experts in the Climate Change Debate

    • David Coady, Richard Corry
    Pages 22-34

  5. Climate Science As a Social Institution

    • David Coady, Richard Corry
    Pages 35-51

  6. Is Climate Science Really Science?

    • David Coady, Richard Corry
    Pages 52-71

  7. Climate Change and International Justice

    • David Coady, Richard Corry
    Pages 72-81

  8. Climate Change and Intergenerational Justice

    • David Coady, Richard Corry
    Pages 82-91

  9. Climate Change and Personal Responsibility

    • David Coady, Richard Corry
    Pages 92-103

  10. Conclusion

    • David Coady, Richard Corry
    Pages 104-109

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 110-122
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Tasmania, Australia

    David Coady, Richard Corry

About the authors

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).

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