Risk and Meaning (Record no. 107279)
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| control field | 978-3-642-17647-0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9783642176470 |
| -- | 978-3-642-17647-0 |
| 024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 10.1007/978-3-642-17647-0 |
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| Classification number | QA273.A1-274.9 |
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| Classification number | QA274-274.9 |
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| Subject category code | PBT |
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| Subject category code | PBWL |
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| Subject category code | MAT029000 |
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| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 519.2 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bouleau, Nicolas. |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Risk and Meaning |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | Adversaries in Art, Science and Philosophy / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Nicolas Bouleau. |
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| -- | Berlin, Heidelberg : |
| -- | Springer Berlin Heidelberg, |
| -- | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | VII, 302p. 161 illus., 75 illus. in color. |
| Other physical details | online resource. |
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| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Entrance: Interpretation and Paradigms.- I. Cicero and Divination -- II. Cournot’s "Philosophic Probabilities" -- III. Mathematical Probabilities -- IV. Democracy by Chance -- V. Gestalt, Structure, Pattern -- VI. The Third Dimension of Risk -- VII. ''Modern" Architecture -- VIII. The Ideal City -- IX. Daring the Abstract in Art -- X. Saussure or the Dread of Mathematical Probabilities -- XI. Jacques Monod’s Roulette -- XII. From Fortuitism to Animism.- XIII. The Slip as Fortuity and Meaning -- XIV. Guessing Astronomy -- XV. The Legitimacy of Science and Love -- Hints and Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This richly illustrated book is an exploration of how chance and risk, on the one hand, and meaning or significance on the other, compete for the limelight in art, in philosophy, and in science. In modern society, prudence and probability calculation permeate our daily lives. Yet it is clear for all to see that neither cautious bank regulations nor mathematics have prevented economic crises from occurring time and again. Nicolas Bouleau argues that it is the meaning we assign to an event that determines the perceived risk, and that we generally turn a blind eye to this important fact, because the word "meaning" is itself awkward to explain. He tackles this fundamental question through examples taken from cultural fields ranging from painting, architecture, and music, to poetry, biology, and astronomy. This enables the reader to view overwhelming risks in a different light. Bouleau clarifies that the most important thing in a time of uncertainty is to think of prudence on a higher level, one that truly addresses the various subjective interpretations of the world. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Aesthetics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Genetic epistemology. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Distribution (Probability theory). |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Arts. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Aesthetics. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Arts. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Epistemology. |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Title | Springer eBooks |
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| Display text | Printed edition: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9783642176463 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17647-0 |
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