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The Art of the Probable: Literature and Probability
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“The Art of the Probable” addresses the history of scientific ideas, in particular the emergence and development of mathematical probability. But it is neither meant to be a history of the exact sciences per se nor an annex to, say, the Course 6 curriculum in probability and statistics. Rather, our objective is to focus on the formal, thematic, and rhetorical features that imaginative literature shares with texts in the history of probability. These shared issues include (but are not limited to): the attempt to quantify or otherwise explain the presence of chance, risk, and contingency in everyday life; the deduction of causes for phenomena that are knowable only in their effects; and, above all, the question of what it means to think and act rationally in an uncertain world.
Our course therefore aims to broaden students’ appreciation for and understanding of how literature interacts with – both reflecting upon and contributing to – the scientific understanding of the world. We are just as centrally committed to encouraging students to regard imaginative literature as a unique contribution to knowledge in its own right, and to see literary works of art as objects that demand and richly repay close critical analysis. It is our hope that the course will serve students well if they elect to pursue further work in Literature or other discipline in SHASS, and also enrich or complement their understanding of probability and statistics in other scientific and engineering subjects they elect to take.

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Arts and Humanities
History
Literature
Mathematics
Material Type:
Full Course
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MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Jackson, Noel
Kibel, Alvin
Raman, Shankar
Date Added:
02/01/2008
Minjeong said we should go to the library, English Template, Intermediate Mid
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In this lab, students will discuss symbols or beliefs that either stand for good luck or bad luck. After the discussion, students will talk with a partner, pretending as if they are talking on the phone. Through this activity, students will learn how to make plans through a phone call.

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Languages
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Daum Jung
Mimi Fahnstrom
Amber Hoye
Date Added:
05/01/2020
민정이가 도서관 가자고 했어요. Minjeong said we should go to the library, Intermediate Mid, Korean 202, Lab 07
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In this lab, students will discuss symbols or beliefs that either stand for good luck or bad luck. After the discussion, students will talk with a partner, pretending as if they are talking on the phone. Through this activity, students will learn how to make plans through a phone call.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Date Added:
11/08/2019