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In almost any domain of endeavour, successes can be attained through skill, but also by dumb luck. An archer’s wildest shots occasionally hit the target. Against enormous odds, some fair lottery tickets happen to win. The same goes in the case of purely cognitive or intellectual endeavours.
Broncano-Berrocal, Fernando +1 more
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Investigating the relationship between luck beliefs causal attributions and well-being through a card game experiment [PDF]
This study investigated the relationship between luck beliefs, causal attribution, and well-being through a card game experiment. Building on the two-factor model of luck beliefs–general belief in luck (Belief in Luck) and personal luck (Personal ...
Kazuhisa Miwa +2 more
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The effect of luck perception on intertemporal decision-making: the mediating role of decision confidence and the moderating role of self-construal [PDF]
Lucky cues represent a common yet subtle situational stimulus in daily life. They can instill confidence and optimism in individuals, enabling them to seize opportunities and address challenges effectively.
Hao Zhong, Yuwei Wang, Yanxia Li
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In this paper, I do three things. First, I offer an overview of an anti-luck epistemology, as set out in my book, Epistemic Luck (Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005). Second, I attempt to meet some of the main criticisms that one might level against the key theses that I propose in this work. And finally, third, I sketch some of the ways in which the
Duncan Pritchard, Pritchard Duncan
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The effects of luck perception on consumer variety-seeking. [PDF]
Companies often use luck, which is thought to be a psychological force, as a marketing tool to perform marketing activities. This paper designed three experiments to verify the effects of luck perception on variety-seeking.
Jianbin Zhao, Zheng Li
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Haji and the Indeterministic Weightings Model of Libertarian Free Will [PDF]
In recent work, I defend an indeterministic weightings model of libertarian free will. (Lemos, 2018, Ch. 5; 2021; 2023, Ch. 6). On this view, basic free-willed actions are understood as the result of causally indeterminate deliberative processes in which
John Lemos
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The Indeterministic Weightings Model of Libertarian Free Will [PDF]
This article articulates and defends an indeterministic weightings model of libertarian free will (LFW). It begins by defining the conception of free will at issue and then goes on to present versions of the luck objection which is often made against ...
John Lemos
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Aim. The purpose of this study is to develop a methodology that takes into account the levels of anthropogenic transformation of various components of the environment.Method. In scientific work to take into account the impact of qualitative indicators on
Michaylo Michaylovich Melniychuk +2 more
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Aims: Taper corrosion has been widely reported to be problematic for modular total hip arthroplasty implants. A simple and systematic method to evaluate taper damage with sufficient resolution is needed.
Colin P. McCarty +4 more
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The Free Agent, Luck, and Character [PDF]
Whether we are free agents or not and to what extent depends on factors such as the necessary conditions for free will and our definition of human agency and identity.
Zahra Khazaei
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