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Transdisciplinary research and post-normal science (PNS) are a complementary pair of approaches to the new understanding of science. Post-normal science concentrates on questions like ‘what-about?’ and ‘what-if?’ The issue of ‘safety’ is an exemplar of the post-normal approach, since it cannot be managed by a linear, reductionist analysis.
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Funtowicz, S., Ravetz, J. (2008). Values and Uncertainties. In: Hadorn, G.H., et al. Handbook of Transdisciplinary Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6699-3_23
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