Wendy Parker

      Assistant Professor of Philosophy

 

       Department of Philosophy

       Ellis Hall 202       

       Ohio University

       Athens, OH 45701

 

       Phone: (740) 593-4544

       Email: parkerw@ohio.edu


    Education

  Ph.D. History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2003

  M.A.  Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, 2002

  B.S.   Meteorology, Northern Illinois University, 1997

  B.A.   Philosophy, Northern Illinois University, 1997

 

    Research Interests

 General philosophy of science

         Models and computer simulation (especially climate modeling, ensemble forecasting), Explanation, Evidence

 Science and public policy

 History of atmospheric science / meteorology

 

    Publications

“Does Matter Really Matter? Computer Simulations, Experiments and Materiality”, Synthese, accepted.

 

“Distinguishing Real Results from Instrumental Artifacts: The Case of the Missing Rain”, in Giora Hon, Jutta Schickore, and Friedrich Steinle (Eds.),   Going Amiss in Experimental Research, forthcoming.

 

“Computer Simulation through an Error-Statistical Lens”, Synthese, 2008.

 

“Understanding Pluralism in Climate Modeling”, Foundations of Science, 2006.

   

“Rain Measurement on Ship Revisited”, with Sandra E. Yuter, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 2001.