RISK AND THINKING

Relationship between two psychological realities underlying the concep ts ''risk'' and ''thinking'' is revealed. A concept of ''possible in t hinking'' is inserted, approaches to empirical manifestations of risk in praxiologic aspect (as regulation of actions) and in epistemologic aspect in intellectual operations are analyzed. Conceptions of scienti fic and fiction literature concerning the problem of possible in think ing and person's responsibility for his/her thinking potential actuali zation are considered.