Luck: Its Nature And Significance For Human Knowledge And Agency Hardcover
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India
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E. J. Coffman
Book Description
As thinkers in the market for knowledge and agents aspiring to morally responsible action, we are inevitably subject to luck. This book presents a comprehensive new theory of luck in light of a critical appraisal of the literature's leading accounts, then brings this new theory to bear on issues in the theory of knowledge and philosophy of action.
ISBN-10
1137326093
ISBN-13
9781137326096
Language
English
Publisher
Palgrave MacMillan
Publication Date
6-Feb-15
Number of Pages
202
About the Author
E.J. Coffman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, USA. He works primarily in epistemology and philosophy of action. He has recently published papers in these areas in Philosophical Issues, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosophers' Imprint, Philosophical Studies, Synthese, Philosophical Explorations, and Journal of Philosophical Research.