Unreliable probabilities, paradoxes, and epistemic risk

作者: Nils-Eric Sahlin

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关键词: Risk perceptionEpistemologyRisk theoryField (Bourdieu)Decision theoryPerceptionPolitical science

摘要: Risk has become one of the main topics in fields as diverse engineering, medicine and economics, it is also studied by social scientists, psychologists legal scholars. But topic risk leads to more fundamental questions such as: What risk? can decision theory contribute analysis does human perception mean for society? How should we judge whether a morally acceptable or not? Over last couple decades like these have attracted interest from philosophers other scholars into theory. This handbook provides an overview key major new field research. It addresses wide range topics, ranging theory, ethics implications risk, specific case studies. aims promote communication information among all those who are interested theoetical issues concerning uncertainty. brings together internationally leading disciplines work on theory.The contributions accessibly written highly relevant that We hope Handbook Theory will be helpful starting point broadening deepening their current perspectives. (Less)

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