The Philosophy of Luck Format: Paperback

Editor: Duncan Pritchard (Royal Society of Edinburgh, UK); Editor: Lee John Whittington (University of Edinburgh, UK)

ISBN 10: 1119030579 / ISBN 13: 9781119030577

Published by John Wiley and Sons, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Philosophy of Luck Format: Paperback
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119030579
• ISBN 13: 9781119030577
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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

About the Author

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.