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Fischer, Helen and Amelung, Dorothee: 14 Metacognition and Climate Change: Why Dealing with Politicized Science Requires Self-Insight, in Alexander Nicolai, Wendt, Daniel V., Holt and Lisa, von Stockhausen (Eds.): Komplexität und Problemlösen: Festschrift für Joachim Funke zum 70. Geburtstag, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2025, p. 181–189. https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1067.c23278
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Published
05/22/2025
14 Metacognition and Climate Change: Why Dealing with Politicized Science Requires Self-Insight
Abstract Climate change is a prototypical example of a complex problem. Here, we argue that metacognition, our insight into the reliability and fallibility of our own knowledge and thought, is a critical aspect in the area of climate change for two reasons: Metacognition is negatively affected by the noisy information environment of climate change; yet it is at the same time required for its solution. By showcasing the importance of metacognition for climate change, the present chapter thereby provides theoretical and empirical arguments for a link between individual-level psychology and one of the biggest challenges facing societies today.
