Risk and Meaning Adversaries in Art, Science and Philosophy /

This richly illustrated book is an exploration of how chance and risk, on the one hand, and meaning or significance on the other, compete for the limelight in art, in philosophy, and in science. In modern society, prudence and probability calculation permeate our daily lives. Yet it is clear for all...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bouleau, Nicolas (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Temas:
Probabilities.
Aesthetics.
Arts.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Probability Theory.
Epistemology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Entrance: Interpretation and Paradigms.- I. Cicero and Divination
  • II. Cournot's "Philosophic Probabilities"
  • III. Mathematical Probabilities
  • IV. Democracy by Chance
  • V. Gestalt, Structure, Pattern
  • VI. The Third Dimension of Risk
  • VII. ''Modern" Architecture
  • VIII. The Ideal City
  • IX. Daring the Abstract in Art
  • X. Saussure or the Dread of Mathematical Probabilities
  • XI. Jacques Monod's Roulette
  • XII. From Fortuitism to Animism.- XIII. The Slip as Fortuity and Meaning
  • XIV. Guessing Astronomy
  • XV. The Legitimacy of Science and Love
  • Hints and Index.

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