Approaches and Methodologies

Acknowledging the dimension of uncertainty

The widespread and still growing appreciation of the quantitative aspects of mainstream scientific research has been increasingly questioned by scholars, researchers and thinkers that from a variety of different fields have discussed the legitimacy of the idea that quantitative and analytical approaches should be the most appropriate, valuable or even the only legitimate ones for tackling socio-environmental problems confronting humanity at this time.

The complexity and interdependency of the processes under study, the systemic appearing of ‘surprises’, the continuous facing of conditions of ignorance stimulate the scientific community towards acknowledging the dimension of uncertainty, by valuing a multiplicity of points of view and perspectives and promoting humility and reversible choices in decision-making processes.

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