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According to the Strokes Account of lucky events, the notion lucky event is not the most fundamental or basic luck concept; it is instead parasitic on the notion stroke of luck. But what, exactly, is a stroke of luck? When, precisely, is an event a stroke of (good or bad) luck for a subject?
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© 2015 E. J. Coffman
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Coffman, E.J. (2015). What Is a Stroke of Luck? Enriching the Strokes Account. In: Luck: Its Nature and Significance for Human Knowledge and Agency. Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137326102_2
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