The Philosophy of Luck

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

Notes on Contributors vii Introductory Note 1 DUNCAN PRITCHARD AND LEE JOHN WHITTINGTON 1 Luck as Risk and the Lack of Control Account of Luck 3 FERNANDO BRONCANO-BERROCAL 2 Strokes of Luck 27 E. J. COFFMAN 3 Luck Attributions and Cognitive Bias 59 STEVEN D. HALES AND JENNIFER ADRIENNE JOHNSON 4 Frankfurt in Fake Barn Country 79 NEIL LEVY 5 Luck and Free Will 93 ALFRED R. MELE 6 You Make Your Own Luck 107 RACHEL MCKINNON 7 Subject-Involving Luck 127 JOE MILBURN 8 The Modal Account of Luck 143 DUNCAN PRITCHARD 9 The Machinations of Luck 169 NICHOLAS RESCHER 10 Luck, Knowledge, and “Mere” Coincidence 177 WAYNE D. RIGGS 11 The Unbearable Uncertainty Paradox 191 SABINE ROESER 12 Getting Moral Luck Right 205 LEE JOHN WHITTINGTON Index 219