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Anne Duprat & Alison James
Figures of Chance II [PDF ebook]
Chance in Theory and Practice

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Figures of Chance II: Chance in Theory and Practice proposes a multidisciplinary analysis of cultural phenomena related to notions of chance and contingency. Alongside its transhistorical companion volume (Figures of Chance I), it considers how the projective and predictive capacity of societies is shaped by representations and cultural models of a reality that is understood, by varying degrees, to be contingent, unpredictable, or chaotic. This volume reevaluates the role played by figurative representations of chance in contemporary discourses about chance and contingency. Written by seven interdisciplinary teams, and encompassing philosophy, literature, history of science, sociology, mathematics, cognitive science, information science, and art history, this text puts scientific conceptions of chance into dialogue with their contemporary literary and artistic representations. It thus brings out the central role played by art in the human perception of chance, and in our methods for projecting the future, in order to better understand contemporary human attitudes in the face of risk.

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Limba Engleză ● Format PDF ● Pagini 404 ● ISBN 9781040021736 ● Editor Anne Duprat & Alison James ● Editura Taylor & Francis ● Publicat 2024 ● Descărcabil 3 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 9495276 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM

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