02446namaa2200433uu 4500 oapen93613 oapen 20251217011847.0 a||||fo|||||||||0| cr|mn|---annan 241001s2024a||||fo|||||||||0|eng d 9781003329060 9781032358659 9781032358666 10.4324/9781003329060 doi oapen oapen eng dc D thema DS thema Duprat, Anne aut Figures of Chance II Chance in Theory and Practice Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2024 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star 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. Open licence https://oapen.org/article/rights eng Biography, Literature and Literary studies thema Literature: history and criticism thema Chance Duprat, Anne edt James, Alison edt OAPEN Library. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/93613 Free-to-read: OAPEN Library/DOAB: description of the publication 0 36937 36937