Eric B. Winsberg

About

I am British Academy Global Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida (on leave 2023–2027). My work focuses on the epistemology and ethics of computer simulation, philosophy of climate science, and the role of values in scientific modeling.

I received my Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science from Indiana University and my B.A. in History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science and Medicine from the University of Chicago. I have held fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study (Durham), the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (Bielefeld), LMU Munich, Leuphana Lüneburg, and UC Berkeley, and I am a frequent collaborator with health economists and climate scientists on issues of modeling and decision-making.

News

• 2023–2027 British Academy Global Professorship — I have been appointed British Academy Global Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. The position supports my project “Complex modelling and political decision making: Addressing technical and moral problems” (British Academy, 2022–2026, £890,000).
• 2024 Co-authored volume Cambridge Elements: Models in Science and Decision Making (with Stephanie Harvard), Cambridge University Press.
• 2023 Co-edited The Probability Map of the Universe: Essays on David Albert’s Time and Chance (with Barry Loewer and Brad Weslake), Harvard University Press.