Dilemmas in Research on Risks as a Phenomenon and a Category of Analysis

Abstract

The study begins with a chronological review of research on risk in various countries and then investigates relationships between the general scientific theory and the use of scientific methodology in this discipline. In this part of the essay, focus is on the essence of experiential learning in relation to diversified risks. The issue is presented primarily to improve risk measurement tools. Another point of the essay is to indicate an interdisciplinary study of diversified risks, including strategies to limit global risks, and emerging risks to the environment. In this context, the Human Choice and Climate Change Report is presented with new methods for testing risk. Studies under risk and risk management are perceived as transdisciplinary with an assumption that this approach is more complete than an interdisciplinary one. The essay concludes with a discussion of the responsibility of scientists for further research on risk and the consequences of progress in science. It is also an introduction to research on the philosophy of risk.