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Ignorance Production and Corporate Science
This thesis is a philosophical exploration of “agnotology”, the study of ignorance or non-knowledge, and focuses on the production of ignorance for private interests. In particular, I argue that corporate science often deliberately produces ignorance in an effort to promote corporate interests. My …
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Climate, uncertainty, and the slippery measurement of Antarctic ice
This thesis presents a history of scientific uncertainty as told through several key episodes in the mapping, measuring, and modeling of Antarctica's ice sheets. Throughout, I trace the scientific practices constraining uncertainty—and the ways in which uncertainty has repeatedly escaped …