Acceptable Evidence

Release on 1994-02-17 | by Deborah G. Mayo

DISPUTES ABOUT EVIDENCE IN RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT Chapter 7, by E. William Colglazier, "Evidential, Ethical and Policy Disputes: Admissible Evidence in Radioactive Waste Management," examines the epistemic and ethical issues that ...

Author: Deborah G. Mayo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195358325
Category: Science
Page: 305
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Discussions of science and values in risk management have largely focused on how values enter into arguments about risks, that is, issues of acceptable risk. Instead this volume concentrates on how values enter into collecting, interpreting, communicating, and evaluating the evidence of risks, that is, issues of the acceptability of evidence of risk. By focusing on acceptable evidence, this volume avoids two barriers to progress. One barrier assumes that evidence of risk is largely a matter of objective scientific data and therefore uncontroversial. The other assumes that evidence of risk, being "just" a matter of values, is not amenable to reasoned critique. Denying both extremes, this volume argues for a more constructive conclusion: understanding the interrelations of scientific and value issues enables a critical scrutiny of risk assessments and better public deliberation about social choices. The contributors, distinguished philosophers, policy analysts, and natural and social scientists, analyze environmental and medical controversies, and assumptions underlying views about risk assessment and the scientific and statistical models used in risk management.

Language: en
Pages: 258

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Authors: Robert Trapp, William Driscoll, Joseph Zompetti

Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines

Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: IDEA

"Discovering the World through Debate provides a practical guide to educational debate in an international setting. It offers a comprehensive introduction to the Karl Popper debate format and presents in-depth, step-by-step information on how to prepare and run a debate event." "The third edition has been completely revised and expanded

Language: en
Pages:

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Authors: Robert Trapp, William Driscoll, Joseph Zompetti

Categories: Administrative law

Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher:

Special edition of the Federal Register, containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect ... with ancillaries.

Language: en
Pages:

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Authors: Robert Trapp, William Driscoll, Joseph Zompetti

Categories: Administrative law

Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher:

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