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Beyond chance and credence : a theory of hybrid probabilities /

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"Probability concepts permeate physics. This is obvious in statistical mechanics, in which probabilities appear explicitly. But even in cases when predictions are made with near-certainty, there is are implicit probabilistic assumptions in play, as it is assumed that molecular fluctuations can...

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Main Author: Myrvold, Wayne C. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Probabilities.
Statistical mechanics.
Physics > Philosophy.
Probabilities > Philosophy.
Probabilités.
Mécanique statistique.
Physique > Philosophie.
Probabilités > Philosophie.
probability.
Epistemology.
Metaphysics.
Philosophy & Social Aspects.
SCIENCE.
Statistical mechanics
Probabilities
Physics > Philosophy
Probabilities > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The puzzle of predictability
  • Two senses of "probability"
  • What could a "natural measure" be?
  • Epistemic chances, or "almost-objective" probabilities
  • Thermodynamics: the science of heat and work
  • Statistical mechanics: the basics
  • Probabilities in statistical mechanics
  • Probabilities in quantum mechanics.