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Reading Quiz - Philosophy of Risk - Theory and Methodology of Science Period 3 VT19
Reading Quiz - Philosophy of Risk - Theory and Methodology of Science Period 3 VT19
Reading Quiz - Philosophy of Risk - Theory and Methodology of Science Period 3 VT19
Instructions
These questions relate to the following text:
Hansson, Sven Ove. "Risk", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2014 Edition).
You find a link to the text on the Lecture Information & Reading Instructions page.
Please note that the test needs to be completed before the start of the lecture. You need at least 3 points
on this quiz to receive 0.5 bonus points. Not that you only get one attempt!
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Question 1 0 / 1 pts
'Risk =df "the fact that a decision is made under conditions of known
probabilities". Is this a qualitative definition of risk?
orrect answer No
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Question 2 0 / 1 pts
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Science is more tolerant of types of errors that conclude the existence of an
non-existent phenomenon than of errors that fail to identify an existing
phenomenon.
Correct!
Exposure of a person to a risk can be acceptable if the exposure is part of an
equitable social system of risk taking, which works to that person's advantage.
orrect answer
On a rights-based ethical theory, if a person P1 has a right such that another
person P2 is not allowed to bring about a certain outcome O, then P1 has a
further right that P2 does not perform any action which would increase the
probability of the outcome O.
SR-71 Blackbird planes were built to travel at exceptionally high speeds. The
materials used to construct the planes would expand during flight due to
heat. The planes were therefore constructed with gaps between the metal
plane being torn apart during flight. A safety factor was used during the
design process of the planes to ensure that the planes would cope with
expansions exceeding the predicted maximum. The life-preserving system of
the cockpit was separated from the other parts of the plane, and was also
designed so as to withstand extreme heat. The pilots were outfitted with
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and O2 which have the same expected utility, those customers will
deviates from this theoretical model. In order to account for these deviations,
you utilize models of idealized rational behavior for further customization.
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