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The Taming of Chance is a 1990 book about the history of probability by the philosopher Ian Hacking. First published by Cambridge University Press, it is a sequel to Hacking's The Emergence of Probability (1975). The book received positive reviews. Summary. Hacking discusses the history of probability.
- Ian Hacking
- 282
- 1990
- 1990
Combining detailed scientific historical research with characteristic philosophic breadth and verve, The Taming of Chance brings out the relations between philosophy, the physical sciences, mathematics and the development of social institutions, and provides a unique and authoritative analysis of the 'probabilisation' of the western world.
- Ian Hacking
- 1990
Summary. The most decisive conceptual event of twentieth century physics has been the discovery that the world is not deterministic. Causality, long the bastion of metaphysics, was toppled, or at least tilted: the past does not determine exactly what happens next.
31. Aug. 1990 · 4.4 33 ratings. Part of: Ideas in Context (73 books) See all formats and editions. In this important new study Ian Hacking continues the enquiry into the origins and development of certain characteristic modes of contemporary thought undertaken in such previous works as his best selling Emergence of Probability.
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- Ian Hacking
- $29.99
- Cambridge University Press
1. Jan. 2001 · Ian Hacking. 3.88. 240 ratings22 reviews. In this important new study Ian Hacking continues the enquiry into the origins and development of certain characteristic modes of contemporary thought undertaken in such previous works as his best selling Emergence of Probability.
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Ian Hacking. Chapter. Get access. Cite. Summary. Until Broussais, the pathological state obeyed laws completely different from those governing the normal state, so that observation of one could decide nothing for the other.
The Taming of Chance (Ideas in Context) | Hacking, Ian | ISBN: 9780521388849 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon.
