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The Myth of Luck

- Philosophy, Fate, and Fortune
Af: Steven D. Hales Engelsk Paperback

The Myth of Luck

- Philosophy, Fate, and Fortune
Af: Steven D. Hales Engelsk Paperback
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Humanity has thrown everything we have at implacable luck—novel theologies, entire philosophical movements, fresh branches of mathematics—and yet we seem to have gained only the smallest edge on the power of fortune. The Myth of Luck tells us why we have been fighting an unconquerable foe.

Taking us on a guided tour of one of our oldest concepts, we begin in ancient Greece and Rome, considering how Plato, Plutarch, and the Stoics understood luck, before entering the theoretical world of probability and exploring how luck relates to theology, sports, ethics, gambling, knowledge, and present-day psychology. As we travel across traditions, times and cultures, we come to realize that it’s not that as soon as we solve one philosophical problem with luck that two more appear, like heads on a hydra, but rather that the monster is altogether mythological. We cannot master luck because there is nothing to defeat: luck is no more than a persistent and troubling illusion.

By introducing us to compelling arguments and convincing reasons that explain why there is no such thing as luck, we finally see why in a very real sense we make our own luck, that luck is our own doing. The Myth of Luck helps us to regain our own agency in the world - telling the entertaining story of the philosophy and history of luck along the way.

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Humanity has thrown everything we have at implacable luck—novel theologies, entire philosophical movements, fresh branches of mathematics—and yet we seem to have gained only the smallest edge on the power of fortune. The Myth of Luck tells us why we have been fighting an unconquerable foe.

Taking us on a guided tour of one of our oldest concepts, we begin in ancient Greece and Rome, considering how Plato, Plutarch, and the Stoics understood luck, before entering the theoretical world of probability and exploring how luck relates to theology, sports, ethics, gambling, knowledge, and present-day psychology. As we travel across traditions, times and cultures, we come to realize that it’s not that as soon as we solve one philosophical problem with luck that two more appear, like heads on a hydra, but rather that the monster is altogether mythological. We cannot master luck because there is nothing to defeat: luck is no more than a persistent and troubling illusion.

By introducing us to compelling arguments and convincing reasons that explain why there is no such thing as luck, we finally see why in a very real sense we make our own luck, that luck is our own doing. The Myth of Luck helps us to regain our own agency in the world - telling the entertaining story of the philosophy and history of luck along the way.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 240
ISBN-13: 9781350149298
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1350149292
Udg. Dato: 20 aug 2020
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 215mm
Højde: 138mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 20 aug 2020
Forfatter(e): Steven D. Hales
Forfatter(e) Steven D. Hales


Kategori Filosofi: epistemologi og vidensteori


ISBN-13 9781350149298


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 240


Udgave


Længde 21mm


Bredde 215mm


Højde 138mm


Udg. Dato 20 aug 2020


Oplagsdato 20 aug 2020


Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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