Chance in Boltzmannian statistical mechanics

Frigg, Roman ORCID: 0000-0003-0812-0907 (2008) Chance in Boltzmannian statistical mechanics. Philosophy of Science, 75 (5). pp. 670-681. ISSN 0031-8248

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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
Divisions:	Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method CPNSS
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) Q Science > Q Science (General)
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2010 15:15
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2024 19:06
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/29978

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