But philosophical and scientific approach must watch out for the hazards of reification, as when emissions became a rate when most people think it a quantity. The terms one picks may frame the whole discussion, as has happened with "global warming" becoming the planet's near-surface air temp averaged over land and water, all four seasons, etc.
This focus has lost 1) heat storage in deeper ocean than that affecting near-surface air temp, and 2) the climate effects due to uneven heating (land 2x ocean, Arctic ever greater) and circulation changes (polar jet meanders etc). As I have said elsewhere, the whole climate problem is in sad need of reframing. -Bill On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Andrew Lockley <andrew.lock...@gmail.com>wrote: > Sadly not. As the recent discussions with ETC group of this list shows, > having solutions doesn't seem to be a prerequisite for publicly dismissing > others'. > > Seems the concept of 'least worst' option hasn't permeated the climate > debate. > > A > On 19 Jan 2014 09:33, "Charles H. Greene" <c...@cornell.edu> wrote: > >> When we are on the verge of truly catastrophic climate change, I wonder >> what philosophers of science will offer us as an alternative? Obviously, if >> they wish to discourage scientists from even exploring possible >> geoengineering options, they must have alternatives to offer, right? >> >> >> >> >> On Jan 18, 2014, at 10:31 PM, Andrew Lockley <andrew.lock...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> http://anthem-group.net/2014/01/18/what-would-heidegger-say-about-geoengineering-clive-hamilton/ >> >> What Would Heidegger Say About Geoengineering? Clive Hamilton >> >> Abstract: Proposals to respond to climate change by geoengineering the >> Earth’s climate system, such as by regulating the amount of sunlight >> reaching the planet, may be seen as a radical fulfillment of Heidegger’s >> understanding of technology as destiny. Before geoengineering was >> conceivable, the Earth as a whole had to be representable as a total >> object, an object captured in climate models that form the epistemological >> basis for climate engineering. Geoengineering is thinkable because of the >> ever-tightening grip of Enframing, Heidegger’s term for the modern epoch of >> Being. Yet, by objectifying the world as a whole, geoengineering goes >> beyond the mere representation of nature as ‘standing reserve’; it requires >> us to think Heidegger further, to see technology as a response to disorder >> breaking through. If in the climate crisis nature reveals itself to be a >> sovereign force then we need a phenomenology from nature’s point of view. >> If ‘world grounds itself on earth, and earth juts through world’, then the >> climate crisis is the jutting through, and geoengineering is a last attempt >> to deny it, a vain attempt to take control of destiny rather than enter a >> free relation with technology. In that lies the danger. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "geoengineering" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- William H. Calvin wcal...@uw.edu WilliamCalvin.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.