04003nam 2200721 450 991078053430332120230912125415.01-4426-7050-910.3138/9781442670501(CKB)2430000000001019(EBL)4671157(SSID)ssj0000378401(PQKBManifestationID)12091175(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000378401(PQKBWorkID)10351945(PQKB)10872391(CaBNvSL)thg00600300 (DE-B1597)464149(OCoLC)944178496(OCoLC)999367476(DE-B1597)9781442670501(Au-PeEL)EBL4671157(CaPaEBR)ebr11256882(OCoLC)288095991(MdBmJHUP)musev2_104384(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/w1hpwr(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/6/418278(MiAaPQ)EBC4671157(MiAaPQ)EBC3254853(EXLCZ)99243000000000101920160922h20022002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA theory of physical probability /Richard JohnsToronto, [Canada] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2002.©20021 online resource (266 p.)Toronto Studies in PhilosophyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8020-3603-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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 Systems""; ""7.4 Summary""; ""8 Conclusion""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""Richard Johns argues that random events are fully caused and lack only determination by their causes; according to his causal theory of chance, the physical chance of an event is the degree to which the event is determined by its causes.Toronto studies in philosophyChanceCausationElectronic books. Chance.Causation.123/.3Johns Richard1968-1463765MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780534303321A theory of physical probability3673172UNINA