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Luck : the brilliant randomness of everyday life / / Nicholas Rescher
| Luck : the brilliant randomness of everyday life / / Nicholas Rescher |
| Autore | Rescher Nicholas |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [1995] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (250 p.) |
| Disciplina | 123/.3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Chance
Fortune Fate and fatalism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8229-7227-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465507403321 |
Rescher Nicholas
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| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [1995] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Luck : the brilliant randomness of everyday life / / Nicholas Rescher
| Luck : the brilliant randomness of everyday life / / Nicholas Rescher |
| Autore | Rescher Nicholas |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [1995] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (250 p.) |
| Disciplina | 123/.3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Chance
Fortune Fate and fatalism |
| ISBN | 0-8229-7227-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787094803321 |
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Rescher Nicholas
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| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [1995] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Luck : the brilliant randomness of everyday life / / Nicholas Rescher
| Luck : the brilliant randomness of everyday life / / Nicholas Rescher |
| Autore | Rescher Nicholas |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [1995] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (250 p.) |
| Disciplina | 123/.3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Chance
Fortune Fate and fatalism |
| ISBN | 0-8229-7227-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824845303321 |
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Rescher Nicholas
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| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [1995] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nature's teleological order and God's providence : are they compatible with chance, free will, and evil? / / by Paul Weingartner
| Nature's teleological order and God's providence : are they compatible with chance, free will, and evil? / / by Paul Weingartner |
| Autore | Weingartner Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
| Disciplina | 214/.8 |
| Collana | Philosophische analyse / philosophical analysis |
| Soggetto topico |
Teleology
Providence and government of God Free will and determinism Chance Good and evil |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-61451-886-6
1-61451-950-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Whether there can be providence at all? -- 2. Whether providence can be attributed to God? -- 3. Whether providence is concerned with creation? -- 4. Whether there is order in the change of things? -- 5. Whether there is teleological order in non-living things? -- 6. Whether there is chance and randomness in non-living things? -- 7. Whether there is teleological order in living things? -- 8. Whether there is chance and randomness in living things? -- 9. Whether providence is compatible with both order and chance? -- 10. Whether everything that happens comes under God's providence -- 11. Whether everything that comes under God's providence is known by God -- 12. Whether everything that comes under God's providence is willed or permitted by God -- 13. Whether everything that comes under God's providence is caused by God or by creatures -- 14. Whether everything that comes under God's providence is directed to some goal or integrated into a network of goals -- 15. Whether nature's order and God's providence are compatible with free will -- 16. Whether God's providence is compatible with evil -- Bibliography -- List of definitions -- List of theorems -- List of names -- List of subjects |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464423803321 |
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Weingartner Paul
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| Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2015] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nature's teleological order and God's providence : are they compatible with chance, free will, and evil? / / by Paul Weingartner
| Nature's teleological order and God's providence : are they compatible with chance, free will, and evil? / / by Paul Weingartner |
| Autore | Weingartner Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
| Disciplina | 214/.8 |
| Collana | Philosophische analyse / philosophical analysis |
| Soggetto topico |
Teleology
Providence and government of God Free will and determinism Chance Good and evil |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Design
Order Teleology |
| ISBN |
1-61451-886-6
1-61451-950-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Whether there can be providence at all? -- 2. Whether providence can be attributed to God? -- 3. Whether providence is concerned with creation? -- 4. Whether there is order in the change of things? -- 5. Whether there is teleological order in non-living things? -- 6. Whether there is chance and randomness in non-living things? -- 7. Whether there is teleological order in living things? -- 8. Whether there is chance and randomness in living things? -- 9. Whether providence is compatible with both order and chance? -- 10. Whether everything that happens comes under God's providence -- 11. Whether everything that comes under God's providence is known by God -- 12. Whether everything that comes under God's providence is willed or permitted by God -- 13. Whether everything that comes under God's providence is caused by God or by creatures -- 14. Whether everything that comes under God's providence is directed to some goal or integrated into a network of goals -- 15. Whether nature's order and God's providence are compatible with free will -- 16. Whether God's providence is compatible with evil -- Bibliography -- List of definitions -- List of theorems -- List of names -- List of subjects |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788808103321 |
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Weingartner Paul
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| Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nature's teleological order and God's providence : are they compatible with chance, free will, and evil? / / by Paul Weingartner
| Nature's teleological order and God's providence : are they compatible with chance, free will, and evil? / / by Paul Weingartner |
| Autore | Weingartner Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
| Disciplina | 214/.8 |
| Collana | Philosophische analyse / philosophical analysis |
| Soggetto topico |
Teleology
Providence and government of God Free will and determinism Chance Good and evil |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Design
Order Teleology |
| ISBN |
1-61451-886-6
1-61451-950-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Whether there can be providence at all? -- 2. Whether providence can be attributed to God? -- 3. Whether providence is concerned with creation? -- 4. Whether there is order in the change of things? -- 5. Whether there is teleological order in non-living things? -- 6. Whether there is chance and randomness in non-living things? -- 7. Whether there is teleological order in living things? -- 8. Whether there is chance and randomness in living things? -- 9. Whether providence is compatible with both order and chance? -- 10. Whether everything that happens comes under God's providence -- 11. Whether everything that comes under God's providence is known by God -- 12. Whether everything that comes under God's providence is willed or permitted by God -- 13. Whether everything that comes under God's providence is caused by God or by creatures -- 14. Whether everything that comes under God's providence is directed to some goal or integrated into a network of goals -- 15. Whether nature's order and God's providence are compatible with free will -- 16. Whether God's providence is compatible with evil -- Bibliography -- List of definitions -- List of theorems -- List of names -- List of subjects |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810643303321 |
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Weingartner Paul
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| Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The philosophy of luck / / edited by Duncan Pritchard and Lee John Whittington
| The philosophy of luck / / edited by Duncan Pritchard and Lee John Whittington |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (519 p.) |
| Disciplina | 123/.3 |
| Collana | Metaphilosophy series in philosophy |
| Soggetto topico |
Chance
Fortune Success |
| ISBN |
1-119-03059-5
1-119-03058-7 1-119-03061-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
COVER; SERIES; TITLEPAGE; COPYRIGHT; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTORY NOTE; CHAPTER 1: LUCK AS RISK AND THE LACK OF CONTROL ACCOUNT OF LUCK; 1. Two Senses of Risk; 2. Event-Relative Risk: Modal and Probabilistic Interpretations; 3. Event-Relative Risk: Modal or Probabilistic?; 4. Agent-Relative Risk as Lack of Control; 5. Four Combinations of Risks, Two Ways of Being Lucky (or Fortunate); 6. An Account of the Notion of Control; 7. The Lack of Control Account of Luck and Its Counterexamples; 8. Conclusions; References; Notes; CHAPTER 2: STROKES OF LUCK; 1. Three Leading Theories of Luck
2. Counterexamples to the Leading Theories3. Lucky Events and Strokes of Luck; 4. The Strokes Account of Lucky Events: Further Support and Defense; 5. Strokes of Luck: An Analysis and Some Important Implications; 6. The Enriched Strokes Account of Lucky Events: Further Support and Defense; 7. The Enriched Strokes Account and the Counterexamples to the Leading Theories; Acknowledgments; References; Notes; CHAPTER 3: LUCK ATTRIBUTIONS AND COGNITIVE BIAS; 1. Introduction; 2. Method; 3. Results; 4. Discussion; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Notes CHAPTER 4: FRANKFURT IN FAKE BARN COUNTRY1.; 2; Acknowledgments; References; Notes; CHAPTER 5: LUCK AND FREE WILL; 1. Some Background; 2. Luck and Agent Causation; Acknowledgments; References; Notes; CHAPTER 6: YOU MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK; 1. Luck Properly Under Control; 2. Lucky Locutions; 3. "Intervening" and "Environmental" Luck; 4. Moving Forward; Acknowledgments; References; Notes; CHAPTER 7: SUBJECT-INVOLVING LUCK; 1. Introduction; 2. Subject-Relative Luck Versus Subject-Involving Luck; 3. Epistemic Luck and Moral Luck Are Instances of Subject-Involving Luck 4. Subject-Involving Luck and Lack of Control Accounts of Luck5. Objections; 6. Conclusion; References; Notes; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 8: THE MODAL ACCOUNT OF LUCK; 1. Anti-Luck Epistemology and the Modal Account of Luck in Outline; 2. Luck, Significance, and Subjectivity; 3. Modality and Luck; 4. Luck and Neighbouring Notions; 5. The Modal Account of Luck and Its Rivals; 6. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Notes; CHAPTER 9: THE MACHINATIONS OF LUCK; 1. Luck's Partners: Fate and Fortune; 2. Luck Is Statistical in Its Dependence on the Prevailing Context 3. Is Luck Objective or Subjective?4. Luck Depends on What Follows; 5. Can One Control Luck?; 6. Can One Measure Luck?; 7. Retrospect; 8. Concluding Worries; Reference; Notes; CHAPTER 10: LUCK, KNOWLEDGE, AND "MERE" COINCIDENCE; 1. Introduction; 2. Having No Luck with "Luck"; 3. Sunrise Cases; 4. Mere Coincidence; 5. Conclusion; References; Notes; CHAPTER 11: THE UNBEARABLE UNCERTAINTY PARADOX; 1. Introduction; 2. A Formal Analysis of the Unbearable Uncertainty Paradox; 3. Heuristics, Biases, and Beyond; 4. A Taxonomy of the UUP; 5. The Phenomenology of the UUP; 6. How Irrational Is the UUP? 7. Conclusion |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910131321003321 |
| Hoboken : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The philosophy of luck / / edited by Duncan Pritchard and Lee John Whittington
| The philosophy of luck / / edited by Duncan Pritchard and Lee John Whittington |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (519 p.) |
| Disciplina | 123/.3 |
| Collana | Metaphilosophy series in philosophy |
| Soggetto topico |
Chance
Fortune Success |
| ISBN |
1-119-03059-5
1-119-03058-7 1-119-03061-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
COVER; SERIES; TITLEPAGE; COPYRIGHT; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTORY NOTE; CHAPTER 1: LUCK AS RISK AND THE LACK OF CONTROL ACCOUNT OF LUCK; 1. Two Senses of Risk; 2. Event-Relative Risk: Modal and Probabilistic Interpretations; 3. Event-Relative Risk: Modal or Probabilistic?; 4. Agent-Relative Risk as Lack of Control; 5. Four Combinations of Risks, Two Ways of Being Lucky (or Fortunate); 6. An Account of the Notion of Control; 7. The Lack of Control Account of Luck and Its Counterexamples; 8. Conclusions; References; Notes; CHAPTER 2: STROKES OF LUCK; 1. Three Leading Theories of Luck
2. Counterexamples to the Leading Theories3. Lucky Events and Strokes of Luck; 4. The Strokes Account of Lucky Events: Further Support and Defense; 5. Strokes of Luck: An Analysis and Some Important Implications; 6. The Enriched Strokes Account of Lucky Events: Further Support and Defense; 7. The Enriched Strokes Account and the Counterexamples to the Leading Theories; Acknowledgments; References; Notes; CHAPTER 3: LUCK ATTRIBUTIONS AND COGNITIVE BIAS; 1. Introduction; 2. Method; 3. Results; 4. Discussion; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Notes CHAPTER 4: FRANKFURT IN FAKE BARN COUNTRY1.; 2; Acknowledgments; References; Notes; CHAPTER 5: LUCK AND FREE WILL; 1. Some Background; 2. Luck and Agent Causation; Acknowledgments; References; Notes; CHAPTER 6: YOU MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK; 1. Luck Properly Under Control; 2. Lucky Locutions; 3. "Intervening" and "Environmental" Luck; 4. Moving Forward; Acknowledgments; References; Notes; CHAPTER 7: SUBJECT-INVOLVING LUCK; 1. Introduction; 2. Subject-Relative Luck Versus Subject-Involving Luck; 3. Epistemic Luck and Moral Luck Are Instances of Subject-Involving Luck 4. Subject-Involving Luck and Lack of Control Accounts of Luck5. Objections; 6. Conclusion; References; Notes; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 8: THE MODAL ACCOUNT OF LUCK; 1. Anti-Luck Epistemology and the Modal Account of Luck in Outline; 2. Luck, Significance, and Subjectivity; 3. Modality and Luck; 4. Luck and Neighbouring Notions; 5. The Modal Account of Luck and Its Rivals; 6. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Notes; CHAPTER 9: THE MACHINATIONS OF LUCK; 1. Luck's Partners: Fate and Fortune; 2. Luck Is Statistical in Its Dependence on the Prevailing Context 3. Is Luck Objective or Subjective?4. Luck Depends on What Follows; 5. Can One Control Luck?; 6. Can One Measure Luck?; 7. Retrospect; 8. Concluding Worries; Reference; Notes; CHAPTER 10: LUCK, KNOWLEDGE, AND "MERE" COINCIDENCE; 1. Introduction; 2. Having No Luck with "Luck"; 3. Sunrise Cases; 4. Mere Coincidence; 5. Conclusion; References; Notes; CHAPTER 11: THE UNBEARABLE UNCERTAINTY PARADOX; 1. Introduction; 2. A Formal Analysis of the Unbearable Uncertainty Paradox; 3. Heuristics, Biases, and Beyond; 4. A Taxonomy of the UUP; 5. The Phenomenology of the UUP; 6. How Irrational Is the UUP? 7. Conclusion |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828784303321 |
| Hoboken : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Purpose and Necessity in Social Theory / Maurice Mandelbaum
| Purpose and Necessity in Social Theory / Maurice Mandelbaum |
| Autore | Mandelbaum Maurice <1908-1987.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 1987 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 197 p. ) |
| Disciplina | 300/.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social change
Social choice Chance Necessity (Philosophy) Social sciences - Philosophy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4214-3191-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524690903321 |
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Mandelbaum Maurice <1908-1987.>
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| Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 1987 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Randomness [[electronic resource] /] / Deborah J. Bennett
| Randomness [[electronic resource] /] / Deborah J. Bennett |
| Autore | Bennett Deborah J. <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 519.2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Probabilities
Probabilities - History Chance |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-674-02077-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455455503321 |
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Bennett Deborah J. <1950->
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| Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1998 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Soggetto topico
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Chance
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- Probabilities (23)
- Free will and determinism (7)
- Fortune (6)
- Mathematical analysis (6)