de Canson, Chloé (2022) Objectivity and the Method of Arbitrary Functions. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 73 (3). pp. 663-684. ISSN 1464-3537

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There is widespread excitement in the literature about the method of arbitrary functions: many take it to show that it is from the dynamics of systems that the objectivity of probabilities emerge. In this paper, I differentiate three ways in which a probability function might be objective, and I argue that the method of arbitrary functions cannot help us show that dynamics objectivise probabilities in any of these senses.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID de Canson, Chloé
Keywords:	Method of Arbitrary Functions Objective probability Objective chance Epistemic chance
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics
Depositing User:	Chloé de Canson
Date Deposited:	08 Oct 2024 11:49
Last Modified:	08 Oct 2024 11:49
Item ID:	24015
Journal or Publication Title:	British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Official URL:	https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1093/bjps...
DOI or Unique Handle:	https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axaa001
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics
Date:	2022
Page Range:	pp. 663-684
Volume:	73
Number:	3
ISSN:	1464-3537
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24015

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