Luck : its nature and significance for human knowledge and agency / E.J. Coffman, associate professor of philosophy, University of Tennessee, USA.

Author: Coffman, E. J., 1976-

ImprintHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Descriptionxi, 202 pages ; 23 cm.

Note:Lucky events : the current debate and a new proposal -- What is a stroke of luck? Enriching the strokes account -- Knowledge and luck I : gettiered belief and the ease of mistake approach -- Knowledge and luck II : three more approaches to gettiered belief -- Freedom, responsibility, and luck I : the possibility of moral responsibility and literal arguments for the proximal determination requirement -- Freedom, responsibility, and luck II : stipulative arguments for the proximal determination requirement and three arguments against it.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-194) and index.

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