Figures of Chance II

Chance in Theory and Practice

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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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.The Introduction and Chapter One of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-12-25
Mått152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt750 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor392
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032358666

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Anne Duprat is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Picardy Jules Verne and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France. As Principal Investigator on the ALEA project supported by the French National Research Agency (ANR), she edited and coordinated the two volumes of Figures of Chance.Alison James is Professor of French Literature and Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago. She co-edited the second volume of Figures of Chance and helped prepare the English version of the first volume.

IntroductionBy Anne Duprat, with Alison JamesChapter 1. Chance, causality, temporalityEdited by Anne DupratWith Mark Currie, Elie During and Sophie VlacosWith a counterpoint by Philippe CarrardChapter 2. Chance and complexity in narrativeEdited by John PierWith Demian Battaglia, Marina Grishakova, Maria Poulaki and Richard WalshChapter 3. Chance in philosophy and science: Beyond ontologies and theologiesEdited by Divya DwivediWith Michel Bitbol, Zeynep Direk and Maël MontévilChapter 4. Doing the right thing: Moral luck and ethical challengesEdited by Enrica ZaninWith Barbara Carnevali, Anthony Mangeon and Matthias RoickWith a counterpoint by Christian WalterChapter 5. Creativity and contingency: Provoking chance across the artsEdited by Karin KukkonenWith Ros Ballaster, Guillaume Dumas, Henry Keazor, Juliane Vogel and Michael WheelerChapter 6. Chance in gamesOlivier CaïraWith a counterpoint by Sophie ChevalierChapter 7. Chance and languageEdited by Valentina BiscontiWith Francesco La Mantia and Raffaele Simone