... in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted. Abstract Failing to communicate current knowledge limitations, that is, epistemic uncertainty, in environmental risk assessment (ERA) may have severe consequences for decision making...

... information quality uncertainty aesthetic goods Karpik L Blank Grant connoisseurship Lamont M reviewing reward structures Swidler A switch role reward structure book reviewers book culture critics quality uncertainty literary value book reviewing epistemic uncertainty social uncertainty...

... diversification epistemic uncertainty moral uncertainty withdrawing aid In February 2023, Secretary-General António Guterres (2023) briefed the General Assembly on the UN’s priorities for that year. ‘Excellencies’, he declared, ‘we must focus on two urgent priorities: cutting emissions and achieving climate...

...) but not epistemic uncertainty (where the outcome has been fixed, but is unknown, e.g. a die that has been thrown under a cup). Young children (5- to 7-year-olds) preferred to guess under epistemic uncertainty rather than physical, and were more likely to acknowledge that multiple outcomes were possible under...

... 5.4a ). Epistemic uncertainty is introduced by inaccuracies inherent to the system being investigated. These may arise from the assumptions and approximations made when a theory is applied, a model is constructed or a process is mimicked by the simulation of a real-world problem. In principle, a higher...

... political system. The chapter begins with some general arguments concerning the epistemic and ethical issues that arise when contemplating, encouraging, and pursuing radical political change of any kind. These issues concern the appropriate levels of epistemic uncertainty, the moral requirement of informed...

... deciding which books deserve to be reviewed. It also addresses epistemic uncertainty surrounding who is qualified to review books in the absence of formal certification. But rather than answering this question philosophically, it is addressed through how reviewers come to be invited to write reviews...