Uncertainty is, it seems, more or less constantly present in our lives. Even so, grasping the concept philosophically is far from trivial. In this doctoral thesis, uncertainty and its conceptual companion information are studied. Axiomatic analyses are provided and numerical measures suggested. In addition to these basic conceptual analyses, the widespread practice of so-called safety factor use in societal regulation is analyzed along with the interplay between science and policy in European regulation of chemicals and construction. / QC 20120202
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kth-72680 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Clausen Mork, Jonas |
| Publisher | KTH, Filosofi, Stockholm |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | Theses in philosophy from the Royal Institute of Technology, 1650-8831 ; 40 |
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