Thick Concepts in Practice : Normative Aspects of Risk and Safety
The thesis aims at analyzing the concepts of risk and safety as well as the class of concepts to which they belong, thick concepts, focusing in particular on the normative aspects involved. Essay I analyzes thick concepts, i.e. concepts such as cruelty and kindness that seem to combine descriptive a...
Main Author: | Möller, Niklas |
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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KTH, Filosofi och teknikhistoria
2009
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-10421 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7415-303-3 |
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