Historique
Article de Périodique
On the epistemology of risk: language, logic and social science (1992)
Auteur(s) :
HAYES, M.
Année
1992
Page(s) :
401-407
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
45
Domaine :
Hors addiction / No addiction
Thésaurus mots-clés
THEORIE
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
DEFINITION
;
SOCIOLOGIE
;
LANGAGE
Thésaurus géographique
FRANCE
Résumé :
‘Risk’ is a widely used concept in literatures related to health, health care and medicine. In recent decades, three bodies of literature have emerged in which ‘risk’ is the primary focus of concern: Health Risk Appraisal, the Risk Approach and Risk Analysis/Assessment/Management. These literatures overlook important concepts and theoretical developments is contemporary social science. They also lack conceptual coherence. Reduction of incoherence will require re-examination of the epistemology of risk in relation to both its language and its logic in light of developments in social science.
Affiliation :
Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6
Cote :
A00893