02506nam 22005055 450 991048464760332120230810172144.03-030-63780-810.1007/978-3-030-63780-4(CKB)4100000011728471(DE-He213)978-3-030-63780-4(MiAaPQ)EBC6462066(EXLCZ)99410000001172847120210122d2021 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLuck Theory A Philosophical Introduction to the Mathematics of Luck /by Nicholas Rescher1st ed. 2021.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2021.1 online resource (XXXIII, 90 p. 56 illus.) Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning, Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences,2214-9139 ;203-030-63779-4 1. Chancy Outcome Situation -- 2. Outcome Luck Assessment and the Luck Equation -- 3. Variant Approaches to Luck -- 4. Some Illustrative Examples -- 5. Luck in Success/Failure Situations -- 6. Basic Luck Theorems -- 7. Luck and Risk -- 8. Managing Luck.This book is an original—the first-ever treatment of the mathematics of Luck. Setting out from the principle that luck can be measured by the gap between reasonable expectation and eventual realization, the book develops step-by-step a mathematical theory that accommodates the entire range of our pre-systematic understanding of the way in which luck functions in human affairs. In so moving from explanatory exposition to mathematical treatment, the book provides a clear and accessible account of the way in which luck assessment enters into the calculations of rational decision theory.Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning, Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences,2214-9139 ;20MathematicsPhilosophyGame theoryPhilosophy of MathematicsGame TheoryMathematicsPhilosophy.Game theory.Philosophy of Mathematics.Game Theory.510.1Rescher Nicholas50144MiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910484647603321Luck theory2850753UNINA