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Luck: Its Nature and Significance for Human Knowledge and Agency

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  1. E. J. Coffman

    1. University of Tennessee, USA

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy (PIIP)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Lucky Events: The Current Debate and a New Proposal

    • E. J. Coffman
    Pages 1-24

  3. What Is a Stroke of Luck? Enriching the Strokes Account

    • E. J. Coffman
    Pages 25-48

  4. Knowledge and Luck I: Gettiered Belief and the Ease of Mistake Approach

    • E. J. Coffman
    Pages 49-67

  5. Knowledge and Luck II: Three More Approaches to Gettiered Belief

    • E. J. Coffman
    Pages 68-96

  6. Freedom, Responsibility, and Luck I: The Possibility of Moral Responsibility and Literal Arguments for the Proximal Determination Requirement

    • E. J. Coffman
    Pages 97-128

  7. Freedom, Responsibility, and Luck II: Stipulative Arguments for the Proximal Determination Requirement and Three Arguments against It

    • E. J. Coffman
    Pages 129-163

  8. Coda

    • E. J. Coffman
    Pages 164-166

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 167-202
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Tennessee, USA

    E. J. Coffman

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Luck: Its Nature and Significance for Human Knowledge and Agency

  • Authors: E. J. Coffman

  • Series Title: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137326102

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-32609-6Published: 06 February 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-45965-0Published: 01 January 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-32610-2Published: 06 February 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2946-2851

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-286X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 202

  • Topics: Epistemology, Ethics, Philosophy of Mind

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