The logical status of risk - To burnish or to dull

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 239-253

  Rosa, Eugene A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Epistemology; Ontology; Postmodernism; Realism; Risk definition

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC APPROACH; EPISTEMOLOGY; FUNDAMENTAL FEATURES; RISK DEFINITION;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 77951184070     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870903484351     Document Type: Article

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