Eric Winsberg

Eric Winsberg
Born (1968-02-04) February 4, 1968 (age 56)
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Chicago
Indiana University
Notable work Science in the Age of Computer Simulation
Philosophy and Climate Science
InstitutionsUniversity of South Florida University of Cambridge
ThesisSimulation and the Philosophy of Science: Computationally Intensive Studies of Complex Physical Systems (1999)
Doctoral advisorMichael Friedman
Main interests
Philosophy of science, Philosophy of physics, Climate Science

Eric Winsberg (born February 4, 1968) is an American philosopher who is a professor of philosophy at the University of South Florida.[1] From 2023 until 2027 he will hold a Global Professorship from the British Academy in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge.[2] He is known for his research in philosophy of science, in particular the philosophy of climate science, and the philosophy of physics. He is especially interested in the role of computer simulations in the physical sciences. His work in the philosophy of climate science specifically relates to its application in science policy and ethics.[3] He was an early critic of many of the public health policies aimed at mitigating the Covid-19 pandemic, arguing that the quality of the science justifying these policies was poor or missing, and that many of the policies unnecessarily sacrificed the welfare of the young and the poor.[4][5][6][7] He also writes on truth and on scientific authorship.[1]

Early life and education

Winsberg was born in New York City on February 4, 1968. His father was a physician and his mother was a data scientist.[8] At an early age, his family moved to Montreal, where he spend most of his childhood.[8] He attended college at The University of Chicago, and then earned his Ph.D, in History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University in 1999.[1]

Philosophical work

Winsberg wrote his doctoral dissertation on the use of computer simulation to study complex physical systems.[9] Over the next several years, he published a number of articles on computer simulation, including their implications for understanding the nature of scientific theories and their application, scientific realism, the role of fiction in science, and the nature of inter-theoretic reduction. His work on computer simulation has been called "pioneering," "groundbreaking,"[10] and "trailblazing."[11] He also contributed to the literature on the role of the thermodynamics for understanding the arrow of time. More recently he has devoted much of his attention to topics in climate science, especially the role of values therein, the importance of the chaotic nature of the atmosphere, the nature of probabilities and the role of robust results in climate modeling and climate science generally.[12]

Publications

Books

Journal articles

References

  1. ^ a b c "USF :: Philosophy Department". Philosophy.usf.edu. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Global Professorships 2022". The British Academy. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  3. ^ "F.A.Z.-Archiv: Suche" (in German). Faz.net. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  4. ^ Schliesser, Eric (March 23, 2020). "Climate and coronavirus: the science is not the same". New Statesman. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "How Government Leaders Violated Their Epistemic Duties during the SARS-CoV-2 Crisis". Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. June 17, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  6. ^ Harvard, Stephanie; Winsberg, Eric (September 17, 2021). "Causal Inference, Moral Intuition, and Modeling in a Pandemic". Philosophy of Medicine. 2 (2). doi:10.5195/pom.2021.70. ISSN 2692-3963.
  7. ^ Moral Models: Crucial Decisions in the Age of Computer Simulation, February 14, 2022, retrieved December 6, 2022
  8. ^ a b Tremain, Shelley (May 16, 2018). "Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Eric Winsberg". Discrimination and Disadvantage. Archived from the original on February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  9. ^ "Department of History and Philosophy of Science | Indiana University Bloomington". www.iub.edu. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  10. ^ ENR // AgencyND // University of Notre Dame (March 31, 2011). "Science in the Age of Computer Simulation // Reviews // Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews // University of Notre Dame". Ndpr.nd.edu. Retrieved December 19, 2018. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. ^ Parker, Wendy S. (June 28, 2011). "Computer simulation and philosophy of science". Metascience. 21: 111–114. doi:10.1007/s11016-011-9567-8. S2CID 61744187.
  12. ^ "Eric Winsberg, "Philosophy and Climate Science" (Cambridge UP, 2018)". July 16, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  13. ^ a b c [1] GoogleScholar author summary


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