In this work, we define a partial order on probabilistic metric spaces and establish some new Caristi's fixed point theorems and Ekeland's variational principle for the class of (right) continuous and Archimedean t-norms. As an application, a partial answer to Kirk's problem in metric spaces is given.
probabilistic metric space, Caristi's fixed point, Archimedean t-norm
47H10, 58E30