Chance's Continuing Challenges
David L. Krantz · Psychological Inquiry · 1998
A richer understanding of how chance operates in everyday life and in science can be obtained by exploring three components: (a) how chance events relate to behavioral outcomes, (b) the parallelisms between lay and scientific narratives in relation to prediction and control, and (c) foundational issues regarding how chance is conceptualized. The preceding articles have provided valuable insights primarily into the first component with less attention to the remaining two. Let me discuss, initially, some of the important perspectives provided on the relations of chance to behavior.