Tag: Scientific realism and scientific anti-realism

What would van Fraassen say about whether tree-rings allow us to observe past temperatures? What do you think van Fraassen would say about whether climate scientists should use tree-rings or other proxy measurements to build or test their climate models?

Read: “Tree-ring proxies and the divergence problem”: Website: https://skepticalscience.com/Tree-ring-proxies-divergence-problem.htm What would van Fraassen say about whether tree-rings allow us to observe past temperatures? What do you think van Fraassen would say about whether climate scientists should use tree-rings or other proxy measurements to build or test their climate models? In