Epistemic Luck

• The first rigorous philosophical account of the role of luck in our thinking
• Shows how luck is key to central debates in epistemology
• Radical implications for theories of knowledge
• Debut of a leading young epistemologist

Readership: Scholars and students of philosophy, particularly epistemologists.

Duncan Pritchard, Department of Philosophy, University of Stirling

"This book is a tour de force." - Kevin Meeker, Mind

Introduction
I. Scepticism
1: Scepticism in contemporary debate
2: Closure and context
3: Neo-Mooreanism
4: The source of scepticism
II. Epistemic luck
5: Luck
6: Two varieties of epistemic luck
7: Cognitive responsibility and the epistemic virtues
8: Scepticism and epistemic luck
9: Epistemic angst
Postscript: Moral luck