Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- General Introduction -- 1. The Rise of Chance in Modern Sciences -- Chao ab ordo -- Modern sciences -- Summary -- Part I -- 2. The Tribulations of Chance within Philosophical Thought -- Determinism -- Religious Determinism -- Materialistic Determinism -- Free agency -- Implications of Determinism for chance -- The possibility of chance within Determinism -- Mobilism: toward an alternative to Determinism -- 3. The Philosophy of Clément Rosset -- Setting the tone -- Chance and reality -- 'Le tragique', approbation and 'joie de vivre' -- Duplicates -- Freedom -- Conclusion -- Part II -- 4. The Dialogue of Chance and the Arts -- A close bond -- Chance: a new history of literature -- Chance as a theme -- Fruitfulness -- Summary -- 5. André Breton -- Chance in the works of André Breton -- Chance in the thought of André Breton -- Breton's chance, Rosset's chance - comparison and contrast -- Conclusion -- 6. François Morellet -- Short contextualisation -- Chance in the works of François Morellet -- Chance in the thought of François Morellet -- Morellet's chance, Rosset's chance - comparison and contrast -- Conclusion -- 7. John Cage -- Chance in the works of John Cage -- Chance in the thought of John Cage -- Cage's chance, Rosset's chance - comparison and contrast -- Conclusion -- General conclusion -- On the relationship between Artificialism and chance-as-art -- The possibility of chance-as-art -- The future of chance? -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1 (Interview with Clément Rosset) -- Appendix 2 (Interview with François Morellet).