Screen LibraryThe challenge of chance : a multidisciplinary approach from science and the humanities /
"This book presents a multidisciplinary perspective on chance, with contributions from distinguished researchers in the areas of biology, cognitive neuroscience, economics, genetics, general history, law, linguistics, logic, mathematical physics, statistics, theology and philosophy. The individ...
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Springer Open :
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| Publisher Address: | Switzerland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
The Frontiers Collection,
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| Summary: |
"This book presents a multidisciplinary perspective on chance, with contributions from distinguished researchers in the areas of biology, cognitive neuroscience, economics, genetics, general history, law, linguistics, logic, mathematical physics, statistics, theology and philosophy. The individual chapters are bound together by a general introduction followed by an opening chapter that surveys 2500 years of linguistic, philosophical, and scientific reflections on chance, coincidence, fortune, randomness, luck and related concepts. A main conclusion that can be drawn is that, even after all t |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 276 pages : illustrations, portraits, charts ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9783319262987 331926298X |
| Index Number: | B67 |
| CLC: |
N02 B0-05 |
| Call Number: | B0-05/C437 |
| Contents: | Introduction / Klaas Landsman, Ellen van Wolde and Noortje ter Berg -- Conceptual and historical reflections on chance (and related concepts) / Christoph H. Lüthy and Carla Rita Palmerino -- The mathematical foundations of randomness / Sebastiaan A. Terwijn -- Randomness and the madness of crowds / Utz Weitzel and Stephanie Rosenkranz -- Randomness and the games of science / Jelle J. Goeman -- The fine-tuning argument: exploring the improbability of our existence / Klaas Landsman -- Chance in the Hebrew Bible: views in Job and Genesis 1 / Ellen van Wolde -- Happiness and invulnerability fr |