Chance in Boltzmannian statistical mechanics
Frigg, R.
(2008).
Chance in Boltzmannian statistical mechanics.
Philosophy of Science,
75(5), 670-681.
https://doi.org/10.1086/594513
(2008).
Chance in Boltzmannian statistical mechanics.
Philosophy of Science,
75(5), 670-681.
https://doi.org/10.1086/594513
Abstract
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.