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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 | ||
| ||