Defending the Conception of "Objective Risk"

Risk Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-24

  Hermansson, Helene ^a  

^a Division of Philosophy   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Feminist epistemology; Objectivity; Relativism; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855307836     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01682.x     Document Type: Note

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