Frigg, Roman (2007) Probability in Boltzmannian Statistical Mechanics. [Preprint]
Abstract
In two recent papers Barry Loewer (2001, 2004) has suggested to interpret probabilities in statistical mechanics as Humean chances in David Lewis’ (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: | Preprint |
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| Keywords: | statistical mechanics, probability, objective chance, Humean chance, epistemic probability, objective Bayesianism, past hypothesis, fit, best system, Ludwig Boltzmann, David Lewis, Barry Loewer, David Albert |
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
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| Depositing User: | Roman Frigg |
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| Date Deposited: | 05 Sep 2007 |
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| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 11:15 |
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| Item ID: | 3489 |
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| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3489 |
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