Open AccessThe Terms Hazard, Risk and Danger as They Are Used in Engineering Design and the Courtroom
Author(s) -
D. Muster
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of the national academy of forensic engineers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2379-3252
pISSN - 2379-3244
DOI - 10.51501/jotnafe.v10i1.510
Subject(s) - ambiguity , hazard , law , epistemology , psychology , risk analysis (engineering) , computer security , political science , computer science , business , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , organic chemistry
Often, when we use terms in different situations we change their meanings, sometimes inadvertently, sometimes deliberately and, in most cases, without significant impact. However, the transfer of terms from the lay world, where their meanings are understood with benign ambiguity, to the more demanding worlds of engineering and the courts of law can lead to needless misunderstandings and failures in communication. This can be especially true in the contentious milieu of a trial setting where three distinct cultures converge