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Orienting to chance : probabilism and the future of social theory / Michael Strand and Omar Lizardo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strand, Michael (Sociologist), author.
- Lizardo, Omar, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology--Philosophy.
- Sociology.
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Probabilities.
- Chance--Social aspects.
- Chance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- Explores the implications of chance and uncertainty in social theory and offers a new interpretation of the sociological canon. Since the founding of the discipline, sociologists have endeavored to understand the structures of groups, organizations, and societies, and how these entities condition our behavior.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction: Enter the Mosaic
- Part I Probability and Probabilism
- 1 On the Genealogy of Probability
- A Genealogical Approach
- From Parlor Games to Large Numbers
- The Splintering of Probability
- Turning Frequency into Objectivity
- The Subjective and the Objective
- The Present Situation
- 2 Introducing Objective Probability
- A Different Route to Probability
- Probabilistic Inference: Abduction and Synchysis
- Kries and Peirce on Probability
- Pragmatism and Objective Probability
- Kries’s Diffuse Influence on Subsequent Thinking About Probability
- American Sociology and Objective Probability: A Missed Chance
- Du Bois and the Probabilist Theory of Action
- Part II Classical and Contemporary
- 3 Max Weber, the Probabilist
- The Making of Economy and Society
- Weber Discovers the Probabilistic Loop
- Probabilistic Rationalization
- The Protestant Ethic as the Construction of a Probability Order
- Distance, Range, and Orientation
- Probabilistic Power
- The Legitimacy of Legitimate Orders Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 0-226-84312-2
- OCLC:
- 1530514499
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