The constitutive element of probabilistic agency in risk: A semantic analysis of risk, danger, chance, and hazard

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 881-897

  Merkelsen, Henrik ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

epistemology; ontology; probability; risk definition; risk perception; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL LEVELS; EPISTEMOLOGY; RISK DEFINITION; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; SEMANTIC ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

ONTOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SEMANTICS;

RISK ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051731497     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2011.571781     Document Type: Article

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