Accident
Subtitle: a philosophical and literary history
By: Ross Hamilton.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780226314846
Subjects: Aristotle.; Accidents (Philosophy); Substance (Philosophy)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-322) and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction: The shock of experience; value: Accidental origins : defining accidental qualities and events; value: Divine substance : assimilation of accident within Christian theology; value: Skeptical accidents : secularization of accident during the Reformation; value: Accidental experience : radical enlightenment and the science of accident; value: Novel accidents : self-determining accidents in print culture; value: The textual self : opportunity and emotion in the creation of the individual; value: The accidental sublime : returning substance to accidental events; value: Altered states : the macroscopic impact of accidental qualities; value: The form of accident : the boundaries of perception; value: Envisioning accident : searching for substance in an accidental world; value: Conclusion: Pattern recognition.