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Gender Differences In Risk Perception: Broadening The Contexts, Jan L. Hitchcock
Gender Differences In Risk Perception: Broadening The Contexts, Jan L. Hitchcock
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author surveys literature on the effect of gender on risk perception.
The Moral Dilemma In The Social Management Of Risks, Andrew F. Fritzsche
The Moral Dilemma In The Social Management Of Risks, Andrew F. Fritzsche
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Fritzsche offers data seen as demonstrating that irrational fears can lead to grotesque imbalances in social efforts devoted to preventing fatalities.
Reply To Valverde, Paul B. Thompson
Reply To Valverde, Paul B. Thompson
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Professor Thompson responds to Valverde's argument, in the last issue, that his approach to Risk puts too much emphasis on the distinction between Risk subjectivism and Risk objectivism. In doing so, he asserts, inter alia, that anchoring Risk judgments in a probabilistic framework does not go far enough in rejecting reigning Risk-analysis notions of "real Risk."
The Cognitive Status Of Risk: A Response To Thompson, L. James Valverde
The Cognitive Status Of Risk: A Response To Thompson, L. James Valverde
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Discussing the role that probability theory should play in Risk analysis and management, Dr. Valverde argues that Thompson's approach puts too much emphasis on the distinction between Risk subjectivism and Risk objectivism in addressing the question, "When are Risks real?"
Scientific Method, Anti-Foundationalism, And Public Decision-Making, Kristin Shrader-Frechette
Scientific Method, Anti-Foundationalism, And Public Decision-Making, Kristin Shrader-Frechette
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
An examination of the legitimacy of attacks on lay assessments of environmental or other technological Risk. The case is made that rational policy requires an epistemology in which what we believe about Risk is bootstrapped onto how we should act concerning Risk.