LEADER 04003nam 2200721 450 001 9910780534303321 005 20230912125415.0 010 $a1-4426-7050-9 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442670501 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001019 035 $a(EBL)4671157 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000378401 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12091175 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000378401 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10351945 035 $a(PQKB)10872391 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600300 035 $a(DE-B1597)464149 035 $a(OCoLC)944178496 035 $a(OCoLC)999367476 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442670501 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671157 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256882 035 $a(OCoLC)288095991 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_104384 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/w1hpwr 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/6/418278 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671157 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3254853 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001019 100 $a20160922h20022002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA theory of physical probability /$fRichard Johns 210 1$aToronto, [Canada] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2002. 210 4$dİ2002 215 $a1 online resource (266 p.) 225 0 $aToronto Studies in Philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-3603-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 330 $aRichard Johns argues that random events are fully caused and lack only determination by their causes; according to his causal theory of chance, the physical chance of an event is the degree to which the event is determined by its causes. 410 0$aToronto studies in philosophy 606 $aChance 606 $aCausation 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChance. 615 0$aCausation. 676 $a123/.3 700 $aJohns$b Richard$f1968-$01463765 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780534303321 996 $aA theory of physical probability$93673172 997 $aUNINA