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A problematic social science approach to the study of climate science

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  1. For a critique of such “subjectivism” see Roll-Hansen 1998.

  2. See also Sarewitz 2004.

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  1. Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, University of Oslo, Georg Morgenstiernes hus Blindernveien 31, 0313, Oslo, Norway

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Roll-Hansen, N. A problematic social science approach to the study of climate science. Climatic Change 119, 561–563 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-013-0778-4

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