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De igangværende klimaforandringer hører til blandt de største udfordringer i menneskehedens historie. Forbrænding af fossile brændstoffer skaber ikke blot velstand, men udgør også en risiko for, at vi er ved at udrydde os selv. Opråb fra videnskaben har stået på siden 1970, og selvom rækken af internationale topmøder om klimaet er lang, er det endnu ikke lykkedes at reducere udledningen af drivhusgasser i atmosfæren. I ?Klimaet under forandring ? og hvad så?? undersøger en gruppe danske filosoffer disse spørgsmål. Her sættes bl.a. fokus på klimavidenskabens historie og på den klimaskepticisme, der er fulgt: Hvor sikre kan vi være på det, som klimaforskningen fortæller os? Hvis forudsigelserne er korrekte, hvad skal så motivere os til at handle: Frygt eller fornuft? Eller hensynet til kommende generationer? Hvem skal betale for den grønne omstilling? Har vi overhovedet råd til det? Bogen forsøger at besvare disse spørgsmål og undersøger muligheden for at udforme en klimapolitik, der er både effektiv og retfærdig. Ifølge forfatterne kalder klimaudfordringerne på en forståelse for videnskabelige kendsgerninger, men også på en helt ny tilgang til global retfærdighed

AbstractThe last decade has seen an increasing number of references to quantum mechanics in the humanities and social sciences. This development has in particular been driven by Karen Barad's agential realism: a theoretical framework that, based on Niels Bohr's interpretation of quantum mechanics, aims to inform social theorizing. In dealing with notions such as agency, power, and embodiment as well as the relation between the material and the discursive level, the influence of agential realism in fields such as feminist science studies and posthumanism has been profound. However, no one has hitherto paused to assess agential realism's proclaimed quantum mechanical origin including its relation to the writings of Niels Bohr. This is the task taken up here. We find that many of the implications that agential realism allegedly derives from a Bohrian interpretation of quantum mechanics dissent from Bohr's own views and are in conflict with those of other interpretations of quantum mechanics. Agential realism is at best consistent with quantum mechanics and consequently, it does not capture what quantum mechanics in any strict sense implies for social science or any other domain of inquiry. Agential realism may be interesting and thought provoking from the perspective of social theorizing, but it is neither sanctioned by quantum mechanics nor by Bohr's authority. This conclusion not only holds for agential realism in particular, it also serves as a general warning against the other attempts to use quantum mechanics in social theorizing.