Frigg, Roman (2008) Chance in Boltzmannian Statistical Mechanics. Philosophy of Science , 75 (5). pp. 670-681.

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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.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Frigg, Roman r.p.frigg@lse.ac.uk
Keywords:	Boltzmannian Statistical Mechanics
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics
Depositing User:	Roman Frigg
Date Deposited:	31 Dec 2014 22:25
Last Modified:	31 Dec 2014 22:25
Item ID:	11233
Journal or Publication Title:	Philosophy of Science
Official URL:	http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/594513
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics
Date:	2008
Page Range:	pp. 670-681
Volume:	75
Number:	5
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11233

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