Suárez, Mauricio (2016) Propensities, Probabilities, and Experimental Statistics. In: UNSPECIFIED.
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Abstract
I defend a three-fold 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.
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Additional Information: | Forthcoming in M. Massimi and J-W. Romeijn (eds.), EPSA15 Proceedings, Dordrecht: Springer | ||||||
Keywords: | Philosophy of Probability; Modeling and Representation; History of Philosophy of Science; Frequencies and propensities | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics |
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Depositing User: | Prof Mauricio Suárez | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 18 Aug 2016 20:27 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 18 Aug 2016 20:27 | ||||||
Item ID: | 12373 | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics |
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Date: | 2016 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12373 |
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