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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| Materyal Türü: | Livre numérique |
| Dil: | Anglais |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2011.
Cham : Springer Nature |
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| Online Erişim: | Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur Accès sur la plateforme Istex Accès Université d'Orléans Accès INSA CVL |
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Archives Springer e-books (Licence nationale) Archives Springer e-books (Licence nationale) |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Risk and meaning, adversaries in art, science, philosophy, Nicolas Bouleau, 2011, Berlin, Springer, 1 vol. (302 p.), 978-3-642-17646-3 • Risk and Meaning, Texte imprimé, 9783642176487 • Risk and Meaning, Texte imprimé, 9783662506578 |
İçindekiler:
- 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.