| 书目名称 | The Challenge of Chance | | 副标题 | A Multidisciplinary | | 编辑 | Klaas Landsman,Ellen van Wolde | | 视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/906/905841/905841.mp4 | | 概述 | Illuminates the diverse roles of, and attitudes to chance over the full spectrum of scholarly disciplines.Asks the fundamental question of when and whether chance is an unavoidable part of nature as o | | 丛书名称 | The Frontiers Collection | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .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. Other challenges that emerge from this book include a better understanding of the contextuality and perspectival character of chance (including its scale-dependence), and the curious fact that, throughout history (including contemporary science), chance has been used both as an explanation and as a hallmark of the absence of explanation. As such, this book challe | | 出版日期 | Book‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘ 2016 | | 关键词 | Chance and epistemology; Chance and necessity in history; Chance and randomness in nature; Interpreting | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26300-7 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-79924-7 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-26300-7Series ISSN 1612-3018 Series E-ISSN 2197-6619 | | issn_series | 1612-3018 | | copyright | Springer International Publishing AG 2016 |
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