ISBN: 9780822957553 - Luck: The Brilliant Randomness of Everyday Life (23 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In this highly accesible work, Rescher offers a realistic view of the nature and operation of luck to help us come to terms with life in a chaotic world.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In this highly accesible work, Rescher offers a realistic view of the nature and operation of luck to help us come to terms with life in a chaotic world.

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Condition: New. An eminent philosopher offers a realistic view of the nature and operation of luck, in an attempt to help the reader come to sensible terms with life in a chaotic world. He looks at historical examples, including the use of lots in the Old and New Testaments and the great English lottery of 1612. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HP; PBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249. . 2001. Paperback. . . . .…

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Condition: New. An eminent philosopher offers a realistic view of the nature and operation of luck, in an attempt to help the reader come to sensible terms with life in a chaotic world. He looks at historical examples, including the use of lots in the Old and New Testaments and the great English lottery of 1612. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HP; PBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249. . 2001. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Luck touches us all. 'Why me ' we complain when things go wrong--though seldom when things go right. But although luck has a firm hold on all our lives, we seldom reflect on it in a cogent, concerted way.In Luck, one of our most eminent philosophers offers a realistic view of the nature and operation of luck to help us come to sensible terms with life in a chaotic world. Differentiating luck from fate (inexorable destiny) and fortune (mere chance), Nicholas Rescher weaves a colorful tapestry of historical examples, from the use of lots in the Old and New Testaments to Thomas Gatakeru2019s treatise of 1619 on the great English lottery of 1612, from casino gambling to playing the stock market. Because we are creatures of limited knowledge who do and must make decisions in the light of incomplete information, Rescher argues, we are inevitably at the mercy of luck. It behooves us to learn more about it.…

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorNicholas Rescher is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has s.

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