CHANCE
Charles François (2004). CHANCE, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 393.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 393 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
The characteristic of unexpected, unpredicted or random events.
The idea of chance is not much more than a mental crutch, corresponding to our lack of understanding of the generally very complex causes of more or less random events. With the discovery — at least partial — of these complex causes through chaos theory, the basic nature of what we call chance has become at least somewhat clearer.