The Philosophy of Luck (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Pritchard, Duncan; Whittington, Lee John

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 study * Includes discussions of luck from a range of philosophical perspectives, including ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, and cognitive science * Examines the role of luck in core philosophical problems, such as free will * Features work from the main philosophers writing on luck today

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119030584
• Artikelnr.: 42675493

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors vii Introductory Note 1 DUNCAN PRITCHARD AND LEE JOHN
WHITTINGTON 1 Luck as Risk and the Lack of Control Account of Luck 3
FERNANDO BRONCANO-BERROCAL 2 Strokes of Luck 27 E. J. COFFMAN 3 Luck
Attributions and Cognitive Bias 59 STEVEN D. HALES AND JENNIFER ADRIENNE
JOHNSON 4 Frankfurt in Fake Barn Country 79 NEIL LEVY 5 Luck and Free Will
93 ALFRED R. MELE 6 You Make Your Own Luck 107 RACHEL MCKINNON 7
Subject-Involving Luck 127 JOE MILBURN 8 The Modal Account of Luck 143
DUNCAN PRITCHARD 9 The Machinations of Luck 169 NICHOLAS RESCHER 10 Luck,
Knowledge, and "Mere" Coincidence 177 WAYNE D. RIGGS 11 The Unbearable
Uncertainty Paradox 191 SABINE ROESER 12 Getting Moral Luck Right 205 LEE
JOHN WHITTINGTON Index 219