A Theory of Uncertainty : Perspectives in Philosophy, Social Sciences, and Risk Research

Using sources from classical to modern that broach the phenomenon of uncertainty and its relation to risk, this book creates a novel approach to the recognized but theoretically often unattended issue of uncertainty. Andreas Klinke develops a new, general theory of uncertainty that provides a taxono...

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Main Author: Klinke, Andreas, (Author)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: London : Routledge, 2024.
Edition: First edition.
Series: Earthscan Risk in Society
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ISBN: 9781003466543
1003466540
9781032738895
9781040102701
1040102700
9781040102732
1040102735
9781032738888
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 260 pages).

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Summary: Using sources from classical to modern that broach the phenomenon of uncertainty and its relation to risk, this book creates a novel approach to the recognized but theoretically often unattended issue of uncertainty. Andreas Klinke develops a new, general theory of uncertainty that provides a taxonomy of categories which are deduced from a critical inventory in philosophy, social and natural sciences, and risk research. Comprising six parts, the philosophical grounding of uncertainty sets the stage for the following philosophical and social scientific accounts and explanation of four distinctive guises of uncertainty that form a taxonomic notion and rationale: ontological, epistemological, linguistic-communicative, and teleological uncertainty. The theoretical-conceptual rumination provides a complex, differentiated view of the anatomy of uncertainty and an understanding that can be used in further theoretical and empirical research, as well as socio-political practice. The latter is delineated in the final part addressing the societal domestication of uncertainty. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students in philosophy, social and natural sciences, risk research, as well as inter- and transdisciplinary science fields.
ISBN: 9781003466543
1003466540
9781032738895
9781040102701
1040102700
9781040102732
1040102735
9781032738888