Abstract

Philosophical analysis of the concepts of risk and vulnerability that aims at comparing the notion of epidemiological risk factor, defined at the population level, with the causal one, defined at the individual level.

Key words

Risk factor, causality, probability

Publications

Amoretti, M.C., Serpico, D. (2021): COVID-19 and Ageing: Four Conceptual Frameworks. History and Philosophy of Life Sciences, 43(3), 84, pp. 1-4 

Departments

Department of Antiquities, Philosophy and History

Contacts

Prof. Cristina Amoretti (cristina.amoretti@unige.it)