Apocalypse Soon?: Wagering on Warnings of Global CatastropheMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 01.10.2002 - 160 Seiten Using arguments that parallel those of Blaise Pascal and William James, Haller offers prudential reasons for caution that should convince those not already persuaded by ethical arguments. While models of global systems can reveal only possible, not probable, futures, the catastrophic threats posed by such things as global warming, ozone depletion, or population increase represent what James would call "live options": that is, they present us with a plausible possibility that forces us to make momentous decisions. Haller concludes that we cannot afford to risk catastrophe, despite the high costs this decision involves. |
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... nuclear winter hypothesis is reinstated, nor if we find that ozone depletion is not the result of ?B?s, because my thesis is not about attacking or defending any particular prediction of potential catastrophe. My concern is about the ...
... nuclear winter hypothesis is reinstated, nor if we find that ozone depletion is not the result of ?B?s, because my thesis is not about attacking or defending any particular prediction of potential catastrophe. My concern is about the ...
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... nuclear winter, or ozone-layer depletion, will, it is asserted, find themselves in a world irreversibly damaged a sun-baked, tornado-swept, and life-impoverished planet. Such warnings are usually accompanied by an urgent demand for ...
... nuclear winter, or ozone-layer depletion, will, it is asserted, find themselves in a world irreversibly damaged a sun-baked, tornado-swept, and life-impoverished planet. Such warnings are usually accompanied by an urgent demand for ...
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... nuclear winter or global warming. Obviously, observations that a models predictions of nuclear winter or global warming have been borne out in the course of time would Introduction 5.
... nuclear winter or global warming. Obviously, observations that a models predictions of nuclear winter or global warming have been borne out in the course of time would Introduction 5.
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... Nuclear winter, ozone depletion, overpopulation, and global warming are potential catastrophes brought about by ... nuclear winter are accurate. The unique nature of the dilemma is that we need to decide whether to act to prevent these ...
... Nuclear winter, ozone depletion, overpopulation, and global warming are potential catastrophes brought about by ... nuclear winter are accurate. The unique nature of the dilemma is that we need to decide whether to act to prevent these ...
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... nuclear winter. While the radioactive fallout and breakdown of organized society resulting from a nuclear war would certainly be horrific, the end of all life on the planet was not usually included among the consequences. However, the ...
... nuclear winter. While the radioactive fallout and breakdown of organized society resulting from a nuclear war would certainly be horrific, the end of all life on the planet was not usually included among the consequences. However, the ...
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DirectTests | 33 |
Two Requirements for Successful Prediction | 39 |
Indirect Tests | 53 |
DilemmasandDefences | 65 |
Science and Values in Decision | 79 |
Decisionmaking Under Uncertainty and High Risk | 87 |
DemocraticEpistemology | 114 |
A Pascalian Argument for Precaution | 141 |
141 | 165 |
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Apocalypse Soon?: Wagering on Warnings of Global Catastrophe Stephen Francis Haller Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2002 |
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