Chance in Boltzmannian statistical mechanics

Frigg, R.ORCID logo (2008). Chance in Boltzmannian statistical mechanics. Philosophy of Science, 75(5), 670-681. https://doi.org/10.1086/594513
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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
Copyright holders © 2008 The Philosophy of Science Association
Departments LSE > Academic Departments > Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
LSE > Research Centres > Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences (CPNSS)
DOI 10.1086/594513
Date Deposited 17 Nov 2010
URI https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/29978

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