Ryan O’Loughlin

Ryan O’Loughlin

Assistant Professor
Philosophy Department
Ph.D. Indiana University-Bloomington

Office: Powdermaker Hall 350-V
Phone: 718-997-5270
ryan.oloughlin@qc.cuny.edu
https://www.ryanoloughlin.org

Full CV

Area of expertise: Philosophy of Climate Science, Scientific Modeling, Values in Science

Degrees

• Ph.D.: Indiana University-Bloomington (History and Philosophy of Science)
• M.A.: Ohio University (Philosophy)
• B.S.: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (Sociology)

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

• 2023: O’Loughlin, R. “Diagnosing errors in climate model intercomparisons,” in European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 13(2). 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-023-00522-z
• 2022: O’Loughlin, R., and Dan Li. “Model Robustness in Economics: the admissibility and evaluation of tractability assumptions,” in Synthese. 200, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03608-y
• 2021: O’Loughlin, R. “Robustness Reasoning in Climate Model Comparisons” in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science: Part A. 85, 35-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2020.12.005
• 2020: O’Loughlin, R. “Seepage, Objectivity, and Climate Science” in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science: Part A. 81, 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2019.07.002

Invited papers, reviews, and other publications

• 20XX: O’Loughlin, R. A review of Kevin Elliott’s Values in Science (Cambridge Elements in Philosophy of Science). Accepted and scheduled for publication in the Journal of Moral Philosophy in 2024.
• O’Loughlin R., and Stuart Gluck. “Confirmation and Robustness of Climate Models,” a contribution to a collection of essays in honor of Elisabeth Lloyd, (eds. Ryan Ketcham and Mike Dietrich; under contract with Pittsburgh University Press)
• 2021: O’Loughlin R. “The Influence of Climate Contrarianism on Scientific Research” in the Fall issue (No. 104) of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Science’s Communiqué https://cshps.ca/no-104-autumn-automne-2021/