A Treatise on Luck

The book is a comprehensive treatise on luck, including a unified treatment of its anthropology, its history, its philosophy, its, mathematics, and its managements in practical affairs. It thus includes a synoptic and integrated treatment of all major phases of the subject. Nicholas Rescher presents an integrated conceptualization of luck based on a unified approach to the mathematics of luck-assessment.

About the author

Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Rescher
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 13.04.2027
• EAN: 9783110798708
• ISBN: 978-3-11-079870-8
• No. of pages: 298
• Illustrations: 20 b/w tbl., 60 b/w graphics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Philosophie, Zufall, Chance, Ethik und Moralphilosophie, Rationalität, Entscheidungstheorie, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Rationality, Decision Theory, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, PHI005000 PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHI019000 PHILOSOPHY / Political, choice theory, Wahltheorie