Frigg, Roman (2008) Chance in Boltzmannian statistical mechanics. Philosophy of Science, 75 (5). pp. 670-681. ISSN 0031-8248
Abstract
In two recent papers Barry Loewer (2001, 2004) has suggested to interpret probabilities in statistical mechanics as chances in David Lewis’s (1994) sense. I first give a precise formulation of this proposal, then raise two fundamental objections, and finally conclude that these can be overcome only at the price of interpreting these probabilities epistemically.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/page/phos/brief.h... |
| Additional Information: | © 2008 The Philosophy of Science Association |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Sets: | Departments > Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method Research centres and groups > Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS) |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2010 15:15 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/29978/ |
Actions (login required)
 |
Record administration - authorised staff only |
