Author Meets Critics Book Panel: Climate, God and Uncertainty by Arthur Petersen

Arthur Petersen (Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy at University College London) has recently published "Climate, God and Uncertainty." Referring mainly to works by Latour, William James, and Heinrich Rickert, Petersen develops ‘transcendental naturalism’ to reinterpret the interface between science and politics in the context of climate change. He highlights, for instance, issues such as the religious disenchantment of nature, the scientific disbelief in a plurality of value-laden perspectives, and the disregard for non-modern worldviews in politics. In developing its argument, the book makes a methodological intervention on the sort of naturalism that guides both Latour’s work and a large part of the academic field called ‘science and religion’. Our panel consists of five scholars who will critically evaluate themes in the book, with an opportunity for Petersen to respond at the end.