Suárez, Mauricio (2017) Propensities, probabilities and experimental statistics. In: Massimi, Michela, Romeijn, Jan-Willem and Schurz, Gerhard, (eds.) EPSA15 selected papers: the 5th conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Düsseldorf. Springer Nature (Firm), Cham, Switzerland, pp. 335-345. ISBN 9783319537290
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I defend a threefold form of pluralism about chance, involving a tripartite distinction between propensities, probabilities, and frequencies. The argument has a negative and a positive part. Negatively, I argue against the identity thesis that informs current propensity theories, which already suggests the need for a tripartite distinction. Positively, I argue that that a tripartite distinction is implicit in much statistical practice. Finally, I apply a well-known framework in the modelling literature in order to characterize these three separate concepts functionally in terms of their roles in modelling practice.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-5... |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 Springer Nature |
| Divisions: | CPNSS |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HA Statistics B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Aug 2019 08:54 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 17:59 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/101379 |
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