Is safety a subject for science?

•The paper addresses the meaning of safety as a scientific subject.•Conventionally, safety is defined by what happens when it is absent.•But to make sense, safety should be defined by what happens when it is present.•Safety science should therefore focus on situations where nothing goes wrong. In th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Safety science Jg. 67; S. 21 - 24
1. Verfasser:	Hollnagel, Erik
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Elsevier India Pvt Ltd 01.08.2014
Schlagworte:	Epiphenomenon Foundations Non-event Scientific subject Social construct Non-event Foundations Social construct Scientific subject Epiphenomenon
ISSN:	0925-7535, 1879-1042
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