Precautionary Principles
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Abstract This chapter introduces the main idea and motivation behind precautionary principles (PPs) gives an overview of different PP interpretations according to their functions: action-guiding, epistemic, procedural, integrated are distinguished. The then describes lines arguments that have been presented in favor PPs before presenting most important objections face, along with possible rejoinders.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Logic, argumentation & reasoning
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2214-9139', '2214-9120']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04333-8_4