The Challenge of Chance: A Multidisciplinary Approach from Science and the Humanities
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Title
The Challenge of Chance: A Multidisciplinary Approach from Science and the Humanities
Subject
Statistics
Description
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 this time, we still cannot be sure whether chance is a truly fundamental and irreducible phenomenon, in that certain events are simply uncaused and could have been otherwise, or whether it is always simply a reflection of our ignorance.
Creator
Klaas Landsman --- Ellen van Wolde
Source
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-26300-7.pdf
Publisher
Springer
Date
2017
Contributor
Baihaqi
Rights
Creative Commons
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Textbooks
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Citation
Klaas Landsman --- Ellen van Wolde, “The Challenge of Chance: A Multidisciplinary Approach from Science and the Humanities,” Open Educational Resource (OER) - USK Library, accessed April 24, 2025, http://202.4.186.74:8004/oer/items/show/3833.