Philosophy and literature in times of crisis : challenging our infatuation with numbers /
Mack, Michael,1969-
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Objects and number: Our Current Infatuation -- 1. What is it about Numbers? -- 2. Playing the Numbers: Ethics and Economics -- 3. Certainty and the Predictability of Numbers: The Question of Literary Ethics -- 4. A Disenchantment with Numbers: Philosophy and Literature -- 5. Medicine and the Limits of Numbers -- 6. Towards a Numerical Ambiguity -- 7. Conclusion: From Numbers to the Individual: A New Ethics of Subjectivity.
Literature and society.
Numbers in literature.
Literature
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
Literature and society.
Literature
Numbers in literature.