pt. 1. Historical treatments of ignorance in philosophy, literature and the human sciences -- pt. 2. Registering the unknown : ignorance as methodology -- pt. 3. Valuing and managing the unknown in science, technology and medicine -- pt. 4. Power and ignorance : oppression, emancipation and...

Uncertainty forms an integral part of climate science, and it is often used to argue against mitigative action. This article presents an analysis of uncertainty in climate sensitivity that is robust to a range of assumptions. We show that increasing uncertainty is necessarily associated with...

In public debate surrounding climate change, scientific uncertainty is often cited in connection with arguments against mitigative action. This article examines the role of uncertainty about future climate change in determining the likely success or failure of mitigative action. We show by Monte...