An objection to the modal account of risk

Martin Smith

doi:10.1007/s11229-023-04134-1

An objection to the modal account of risk

Martin Smith

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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Abstract

In a recent paper in this journal Duncan Pritchard responds to an objection to the modal account of risk pressed by Ebert, Smith and Durbach (2020). In this paper, I expand upon the objection and argue that it still stands. I go on to consider a more general question raised by this exchange – whether risk is ‘objective’, or whether it is something that varies from one perspective to another.

Original language	English
Article number	156
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Synthese
Volume	201
Early online date	25 Apr 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04134-1
Publication status	Published - May 2023

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risk
modal account
objectivity

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