Informal logics of risk: Contingency and modes of practical reasoning

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-272

  Horlick Jones, Tom ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expertise; Micro politics; Practical reasoning; Rationality; Risk contingency; Sense making

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

EXPERTISE; MICRO-POLITICS; PRACTICAL REASONING; RATIONALITY; RISK CONTINGENCY; SENSE MAKING;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 27744548582     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366987042000270735     Document Type: Article

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