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Johns Richard <1968-> |
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A theory of physical probability / / Richard Johns |
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Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2002 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (266 p.) |
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Collana |
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Toronto Studies in Philosophy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Chance |
Causation |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""CONTENTS""; ""1 Introduction""; ""1.1 Motivation for the Causal Theory of Chance""; ""1.2 Problems for the Causal Theory""; ""1.3 Advantages of the Causal Theory""; ""1.4 Overview of the Book""; ""2 Logic and Probability""; ""2.1 The Objections to Logical Probability""; ""2.2 The Nature of Logical Probability""; ""2.3 Measuring Degrees of Belief""; ""2.4 The Axioms of Probability""; ""2.5 Relative Probabilities""; ""2.6 Interval Probabilities""; ""2.7 The Symmetry Axiom""; ""3 Causation and Determination""; ""3.1 Causation""; ""3.2 Determination"" |
""3.3 How Are Causation and Determination Related?""""4 Physical Chance""; ""4.1 The Definition of Chance""; ""4.2 Chance Is Relativized to a System""; ""4.3 Lewis's Objections""; ""4.4 A Proof of Miller's Principle""; ""4.5 The Objections of Howson and Urbach""; ""4.6 Chance and Relative Frequency""; ""4.7 Frequency Theories of Probability""; ""4.8 Conditional Chances""; ""5 Classical Stochastic Mechanics""; ""5.1 What Is CSM Good for?""; ""5.2 The Law Function""; ""5.3 Relevance and Correlation""; ""5.4 Chance in a Composite System""; ""5.5 Sub-histories, States, and Markov Systems"" |
""5.6 Boundary Conditions and Time""""5.7 The Arrow of Time""; ""6 Correlation""; ""6.1 Classical and Quantum Correlation""; ""6.2 Reactions to EPR""; ""6.3 Beyond Postulate CSM3""; ""7 The State Vector""; ""7.1 The Problem""; ""7.2 Large and Small Systems""; ""7.3 Chance for Small |
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