Daniel Steel

Philosophy and the Precautionary Principle

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents and defends an interpretation of the precautionary principle from the perspective of philosophy of science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9781107078161
• ISBN-10: 1107078164
• Artikelnr.: 41129111

Autorenporträt

Daniel Steel is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. He is the author of Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology and Social Science (2008) and the co-editor (with Francesco Guala) of The Philosophy of Social Science Reader (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The precaution controversy
2. Answering the dilemma objection
3. The unity of the precautionary principle
4. The historical argument for precaution
5. Scientific uncertainty
6. Counting the future
7. Precautionary science and the value-free ideal
8. Values, precaution, and uncertainty factors
9. Concluding case studies.