Epistemic luck

Epistemic luck

by Pritchard, Duncan

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Offering a philosophical examination of the concept of luck and its relationship to knowledge, this text demonstrates how a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between knowledge and luck can enable us to see past some of the most intractable disputes in the contemporary theory of knowledge.

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  • Full title :Epistemic luck / Duncan Pritchard.

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Offering a philosophical examination of the concept of luck and its relationship to knowledge, this text demonstrates how a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between knowledge and luck can enable us to see past some of the most intractable disputes in the contemporary theory of knowledge.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2005.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780191535666, 0191535664, 9780191602290, 0191602299, 9780199280384, 019928038X
  • oclc:ocn648359495
  • LC Classification:BD201
  • Dewey Decimal:121.3

Table of Contents

Scepticism in contemporary debate -- Closure and context -- Neo-Mooreanism -- The source of scepticism -- Luck -- Two varieties of epistemic luck -- Cognitive responsibility and epistemic virtues -- Scepticism and epistemic luck -- Epistemic angst -- Postscript: moral luck.

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Subjects

Chance epistemology Hasard Knowledge, Theory of PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology Scepticisme Skepticism Théorie de la connaissance

Writers

Pritchard, Duncan

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