The Challenge Of Chance
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The Challenge Of Chance
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Author : Klaas Landsman
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-06-09
The Challenge Of Chance written by Klaas Landsman and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-09 with Science categories.
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 challenges the reader to think about chance in a new way and to come to grips with this endlessly fascinating phenomenon.
The Challenge Of Chance
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Author : Sir Alister Clavering Hardy
language : en
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Release Date : 1974
The Challenge Of Chance written by Sir Alister Clavering Hardy and has been published by Random House (NY) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Revelations Of Chance
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Author : Roderick Main
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2007-03-08
Revelations Of Chance written by Roderick Main and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-08 with Psychology categories.
Explores the plausibility and value of viewing synchronicity as a form of spiritual experience.
A Series Of Fortunate Events
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Author : Sean B. Carroll
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2020-10-06
A Series Of Fortunate Events written by Sean B. Carroll and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-06 with Philosophy categories.
"Fascinating and exhilarating—Sean B. Carroll at his very best."—Bill Bryson, author of The Body: A Guide for Occupants From acclaimed writer and biologist Sean B. Carroll, a rollicking, awe-inspiring story of the surprising power of chance in our lives and the world Why is the world the way it is? How did we get here? Does everything happen for a reason or are some things left to chance? Philosophers and theologians have pondered these questions for millennia, but startling scientific discoveries over the past half century are revealing that we live in a world driven by chance. A Series of Fortunate Events tells the story of the awesome power of chance and how it is the surprising source of all the beauty and diversity in the living world. Like every other species, we humans are here by accident. But it is shocking just how many things—any of which might never have occurred—had to happen in certain ways for any of us to exist. From an extremely improbable asteroid impact, to the wild gyrations of the Ice Age, to invisible accidents in our parents' gonads, we are all here through an astonishing series of fortunate events. And chance continues to reign every day over the razor-thin line between our life and death. This is a relatively small book about a really big idea. It is also a spirited tale. Drawing inspiration from Monty Python, Kurt Vonnegut, and other great thinkers, and crafted by one of today's most accomplished science storytellers, A Series of Fortunate Events is an irresistibly entertaining and thought-provoking account of one of the most important but least appreciated facts of life.
The Challenge Of Youth
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Author : Erik Homburger Erikson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
The Challenge Of Youth written by Erik Homburger Erikson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Youth categories.
The Complete Concordance To Shakspere
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Author : Mary Cowden Clarke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1860
The Complete Concordance To Shakspere written by Mary Cowden Clarke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1860 with categories.
Baudrillard S Challenge
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Author : Victoria Grace
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-01-04
Baudrillard S Challenge written by Victoria Grace and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-04 with Social Science categories.
This controversial book is the first systematic feminist reading of the work of Jean Baudrillard, one of the most pivotal figures in contemporary cultural theory, and is essential reading for students of feminist theory, sociology and cultural theory. Drawing on the full range of Baudrillard's writings the author engages in a debate with: * the work of Luce Irigaray, Judith Butler and Rosi Braidotti on identity, power and desire * the feminist concern with 'difference' as an emancipatory construct * writings on transgenderism and the performance of gender * feminist concerns about the objectification of women. Through this critical engagement Grace reveals some of the limitations of some contemporary feminist theorising around gender and identity, patriarchy and power, and in so doing offers a way forward for contemporary feminist thought.
The Complete Concordance To Shakspere Being A Verval Index To All The Passages In The Dramatic Works Of The Poet New Ed
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Author : Mary-Cowden Clarke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875
The Complete Concordance To Shakspere Being A Verval Index To All The Passages In The Dramatic Works Of The Poet New Ed written by Mary-Cowden Clarke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with categories.
The Complete Concordance To Shakespere Being A Verbal Index To All The Passages In The Dramatic Works Of The Poet
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Author : Hary-Cowden Clarke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1845
The Complete Concordance To Shakespere Being A Verbal Index To All The Passages In The Dramatic Works Of The Poet written by Hary-Cowden Clarke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1845 with categories.
The Challenge Of Religion
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Author : Frederick Ferré
language : en
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
Release Date : 1982
The Challenge Of Religion written by Frederick Ferré and has been published by Harper San Francisco this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Philosophy categories.
To use a book like this, either for the professor who may have adopted it for a course or for the person who may simply be reading it out of interest, is to call for creative imagination. There are many different way in which these readings might be approached. Our own editorial discussions about groupings and orderings were themselves quite lively.