Epistemic Luck

by Duncan Pritchard

Book Overview

One of the key supposed "platitudes" of contemporary epistemology is the claim that knowledge excludes luck. One can see the attraction of such a claim, in that knowledge is something that one can take credit for--it is an achievement of sorts--and yet luck undermines genuine achievement. The problem, however, is that luck seems to be an all-pervasive feature of our epistemic enterprises, which tempts us to think that either scepticism is true and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199229783
• ISBN13: 9780199229789
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"