Handbook of Risk Theory Epistemology, Decision Theory, Ethics, and Social Implications of Risk /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Roeser, Sabine (Editor), Hillerbrand, Rafaela (Editor), Sandin, Per (Editor), Peterson, Martin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Philosophy and science.; Game theory.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Economic theory.; Philosophy of Science.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Philosophy of Technology.

Risk has become one of the main topics in fields as diverse as engineering, medicine and economics, and it is also studied by social scientists, psychologists and legal scholars. But the topic of risk also leads to more fundamental questions such as: What is risk? What can decision theory contribute...