Wills, James (2021) Classical particle indistinguishability, precisely. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. ISSN 0007-0882
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Identification Number: 10.1086/714817
Abstract
I present a new perspective on the meaning of indistinguishability of classical particles. This leads to a solution to the problem in statistical mechanics of justifying the inclusion of a factor N! in a probability distribution over the phase space of N indistinguishable classical particles.
Item Type: | Article |
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Official URL: | https://academic.oup.com/bjps |
Additional Information: | © 2021 The British Society for the Philosophy of Science |
Divisions: | Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
Date Deposited: | 27 Oct 2020 13:12 |
Last Modified: | 04 Oct 2024 21:00 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/107084 |
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