Corey Nathaniel Dethier coreydethier.com [email protected]

Areas of interest

AoS (particularly Climate Science), AoC Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Statistics, Environmental Ethics

Positions held 2021- Postdoctoral Fellow, Leibniz Universit¨atHannover F 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow,

Education 2020 Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Notre Dame — M.A. History and Philosophy of Science, University of Notre Dame

Dissertation Multiple Models, Robustness, and the Epistemology of Climate Sci- ence Committee Anjan Chakravartty (co-director), Curtis Franks (co-director), Don Howard, Wendy Parker (external), Hannah Rubin

2015 M.A. Philosophy, Tufts University 2012 B.A. with High Honors, College of Social Studies, Wesleyan University

Publications

in press “The Cooperative Origins of Epistemic Normativity?” Erkenntnis. — “Climate Models and the Irrelevance of Chaos.” Philosophy of Science. — “How to Do Things with Theory: The Instrumental Role of Auxiliary Hypothe- ses in Testing.” Erkenntnis. 2021 “Forces in a True and Physical Sense: From Mathematical Models to Meta- physical Conclusions.” Synthese 198.2: 1109–22. 2018 “William Whewell’s Semantic Account of Induction.” HOPOS 8.1: 141-56.

Papers in preparation (under review; drafts available on request)

— On accuracy-dominance arguments for probabilism. — On agreement in modeling and experimental contexts. — On interpreting the probabilities found in IPCC reports. — On the calibration of climate models. — On science and the norm of assertion.

1 — On supposition and statistics. — On uncertainty and climate model ensembles. — On uncertainty about initial conditions and uncertainty about laws. — On the use of statistics in climate modeling. — On the value of agreement in climate modeling.

Recent Presentations 2021 [delayed] “Climate Models and the Irrelevance of Chaos,” 27th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. Baltimore, MD. Nov. 11, 2021. — “Interpreting Probability Claims in Climate Science,” European Philosophy of Science Association 2021 meeting. Turin, Italy. Sep. 17, 2021. 2020 [canceled] “Structural Model Error and Attribution Studies in Climate Sci- ence,” Pacific Division APA meeting. San Francisco, CA. Apr. 8, 2020. — “Statistically-Indistinguishable Ensembles and the Evaluation of Climate Mod- els,” Central Division APA meeting. Chicago, IL. Feb. 28, 2020. — “Variation in Evidence and Simpson’s Paradox,” Eastern Division APA meet- ing. Philadelphia, PA. Jan. 11, 2020. 2019 “The Unity of Robustness,” Pacific Division APA meeting. Vancouver, Canada. Apr. 19, 2019. 2018 “On the Role of Auxiliary Assumptions in the Production of Evidence,” 26th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. Seattle, WA. Nov. 3, 2018. — “The Unity of Robustness,” Multiple Models. Helsinki, Finland. Oct. 3, 2018. — “Models, Fictions, and Representing Scientific Practice,” Models and Simula- tions 8. Columbia, SC. Mar. 18, 2018. 2017 “Questions of Reality Gone Wrong: The Philosophical Importance of Force Composition,” Get Real!: Realism as a goal for the sciences and for HPS. Leeds, United Kingdom. Sep. 19, 2017. 2016 “Indirect About Epistemic Rationality,” Indiana Philosophi- cal Association Fall 2016 Meeting. Greencastle, IN. Nov. 12, 2016.

Teaching Experience: Instructor of Record F 2020 PHIL 13185: Philosophy University Seminar: Philosophy in the 21st Century F 2018 PHIL 20639: Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Teaching Experience: Teaching Assistant F 2017 TA for Jeff Speaks’ PHIL 10100: Introduction to Philosophy (Notre Dame) S 2017 TA for Jeff Speaks’ PHIL 10100: Introduction to Philosophy (Notre Dame) F 2016 TA for Jeff Speaks’ PHIL 10100: Introduction to Philosophy (Notre Dame)

2 F 2014 TA for David Denby’s PHIL 43: Liberty, Justice, Equality (Tufts) S 2014 TA for David Denby’s PHIL 43: Liberty, Justice, Equality (Tufts)

Department service 2021-22 Organizing a workshop on philosophy of climate science (LUH). — Serving on the conference organizing committee for GRK2073 (LUH). S 2021 Served on PhD admissions committee for GRK2073 (LUH). — Co-organized publishing workshop for PhD students (LUH). F 2020 Organized and coordinated weekly departmental receptions via Zoom (ND). 2018-20 Served as head graduate student representative to the faculty of the Philosophy Department (ND). S 2019 Designed and conducted philosophy graduate student interest survey (ND). 2017-19 Conducted graduate student colloquium speaker nominations (ND). 2015-18 Served as a graduate student representative to the faculty of the Philosophy Department (ND). 2016-17 Served as an official mentor for an incoming graduate student (ND). F 2016 Organized the fall 2016 HPS Reading Group (Topic: “The Sociobiology Con- troversy”; ND). 2015-16 Served as a graduate student member of the Philosophy Department Climate Committee (ND).

Grants and awards 2020 [declined] APA Pacific Division Graduate Student Travel Grant — APA Central Division Graduate Student Travel Grant — APA Eastern Division Graduate Student Travel Grant 2019 Notre Dame Graduate Student Union Outstanding Graduate Instructor Award – Honorable Mention — APA Pacific Division Graduate Student Travel Grant 2018 National Science Foundation Travel Grant for PSA2018 — Notre Dame Graduate Student Union Conference Presentation Grant for PSA2018

Other professional activities — Referee for Analysis (2021), British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (2020), European Journal for the Philosophy of Science (2018, 2020, 2021 (x4)), Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science (2020), Synthese (2019, 2020) — Chair for 26th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association (2018), European Philosophy of Science Association 2021 meeting (2021)

3 — Commentator for the Midwest Epistemology Workshop (2018), Pacific APA (2021)

References

For all letters of recommendation, please contact [email protected].

Professor Anjan Chakravartty Assistant Professor Hannah Rubin [email protected] [email protected] University of Miami University of Notre Dame 1252 Memorial Drive 100 Malloy Hall, Ashe Administration Building Notre Dame, IN 46556 Coral Gables, FL 33124 Professor Jeff Speaks Associate Professor Curtis Franks [email protected] [email protected] University of Notre Dame University of Notre Dame 100 Malloy Hall, 100 Malloy Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Notre Dame, IN 46556

Professor Wendy Parker [email protected] Virginia Tech 229 Major Williams Hall (0126) 220 Stanger Street, Blacksburg, VA 24060

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