A causal theory of chance?
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In common with most other important philosophical topics, no settled consensus has emerged regarding the correct understanding of probability. Views that take probabilities to be relative frequencies, or degrees of belief, or irreducible chancy properties of systems remain viable, but none is without serious problems. One division that remains resilient is that between subjectivist and objectivist views of probability. Subjectivist views locate the facts that underlie true probability ascriptions within epistemic agents; objectivist views locate those facts out ‘in the world’.
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