Metaphysics of risk and luck
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21364136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jaakko Hirvelä (0000-0002-0036-0378, University of Helsinki Helsinki Uusimaa Finland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 335-348 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Noûs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-4624 • E-ISSN: 1468-0068 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/nous.12516 |
| OpenAlex | W4400057132 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 50 |
According to the modal account of luck it is a matter of luck that p if p is true at the actual world, but false in a wide‐range of nearby worlds. According to the modal account of risk, it is risky that p if p is true at some close world. I argue that the modal accounts of luck and risk do not mesh well together. The views entail that p can be both maximally risky and maximally lucky, but there is nothing which is both maximally lucky and maximally risky. I offer a novel theory of risk that fits together with the modal account of luck and demonstrate that it is both extensionally and formally superior to extant proposals
Economics · Epistemology · Extant taxon · Luck · Mathematical economics · Metaphysics · Modal · Nothing · Positive economics · Possible world · Range (aeronautics) · Engineering · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Free Will and Agency · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Psychology
Hard Luck
Risk and Rationality
Between Probability and Certainty
Moral Uncertainty
The foreign policy decision-maker simulation
Moral Luck
Towards a Hybrid Account of Luck
The Cake Theory of Credit
Epistemic Luck and Epistemic Risk
Punishment and Responsibility
Luck as an epistemic notion
Epistemic anxiety and epistemic risk
Why epistemologists are so down on their luck
Global safety
Anti-luck epistemology
In defense of an epistemic probability account of luck
Relevance and risk
Thinking about luck
The modal account of luck revisited
Truth, knowledge, and the standard of proof in criminal law
Attitudes De Dicto and De Se
Varieties of Risk
The Inescapability of Gettier Problems
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |