Philosophy of Luck

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

This is the first volume of its kind to provide a curated collection of cutting-edge scholarship on the philosophy of luck Offers an in-depth examination of the concept of luck, which has often been overlooked in philosophical studyIncludes discussions of luck from a range of philosophical perspectives, including ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, and cognitive scienceExamines the role of luck in core philosophical problems, such as free willFeatures work from the main philosophers writing on luck today

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-05-12
Mått:152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt:313 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Metaphilosophy
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781119030577

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Duncan Pritchard is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He works mainly in epistemology and he has written several books in this field, including Epistemological Disjunctivism (2012), The Nature and Value of Knowledge (2010), and Epistemic Luck (2005).Lee John Whittington is a PhD Candidate in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. His research is focused on the metaphysics of luck and its relation to moral and epistemic luck.

Innehållsförteckning

Notes on Contributors viiIntroductory Note 1DUNCAN PRITCHARD AND LEE JOHN WHITTINGTON1 Luck as Risk and the Lack of Control Account of Luck 3FERNANDO BRONCANO-BERROCAL2 Strokes of Luck 27E. J. COFFMAN3 Luck Attributions and Cognitive Bias 59STEVEN D. HALES AND JENNIFER ADRIENNE JOHNSON4 Frankfurt in Fake Barn Country 79NEIL LEVY5 Luck and Free Will 93ALFRED R. MELE6 You Make Your Own Luck 107RACHEL MCKINNON7 Subject-Involving Luck 127JOE MILBURN8 The Modal Account of Luck 143DUNCAN PRITCHARD9 The Machinations of Luck 169NICHOLAS RESCHER10 Luck, Knowledge, and “Mere” Coincidence 177WAYNE D. RIGGS11 The Unbearable Uncertainty Paradox 191SABINE ROESER12 Getting Moral Luck Right 205LEE JOHN WHITTINGTONIndex 219