Objective probability-like things with and without objective indeterminism
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Objective probability-like things with and without objective indeterminism
I shall argue that there is no such property of an event as its “probability.” This is why standard interpretations cannot give a sound definition in empirical terms of what “probability” is, and this is why empirical sciences like physics can manage without such a definition. “Probability” is a collective term, the meaning of which varies from context to context: it means different—dimensionle...
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عنوان ژورنال: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1355-2198
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsb.2006.11.006