CONTENTS

DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY
5 EDITORIAL
Pierre COUVEINHES
7 FOREWORD
The man in search of certainties: between belief and knowledge
Marie-Josèphe CARRIEU-COSTA


I - Some theoretical aspects of uncertainty
10 Think of extreme events
Jean-Pierre DUPUY
16 Some thoughts on the uncertainty over the history of science and ideas
Alexandre MOATTI
22 Probability and uncertainty
Mme Dominique DEPRINS
32 The concept of risk and its evolution
Gilles MOTET


II - Uncertainty: an omnipresent factor
38 What about the risk management after the entrenchment of the precautionary principle?
Olivier GODARD
45 Investment of defense against the uncertainty
Carl TRÉMOUREUX
52 Chemical hazards and their management
Armand LATTES
59 Works in the dark
Pierre-Michel MENGER

III - Which approach to adopt in the face of uncertainty?
70 The uncertainty in technology
Sven Ove HANSSON
75 From the uncertainty obstacle to productive uncertainty, or how to deal with potential risks of nano-objects?
Brice LAURENT
82 From uncertainty to care: the role of metrology
Jean-Luc LAURENT et Benoît GAUMONT
92 Risk and prospective
Thierry GAUDIN