The Best Humean System for Statistical Mechanics.
Classical statistical mechanics posits probabilities for various events to occur, and these probabilities seem to be objective chances. This does not seem to sit well with the fact that the theory's time evolution is deterministic. We argue that the tension between the two is only apparent. We prese...
| Publicado en: | Erkenntnis Vol. 80; pp. 551 - 575 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Springer Nature
Dec2015 Supplement
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=111288953&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 111288953 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01650106 5KZ jtl: Erkenntnis issn: 01650106 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2015 Supplement vid: 80 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 111288953 10.1007/s10670-013-9541-5 ppf: 551 ppct: 24 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 477KB tig: atl: The Best Humean System for Statistical Mechanics. aug: au: Frigg, Roman Hoefer, Carl affil: Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE UK su: Statistical mechanics Probability theory Thermodynamics Boltzmann's constant Analytical mechanics sug: subj: Statistical mechanics Probability theory Thermodynamics Boltzmann's constant Analytical mechanics ab: Classical statistical mechanics posits probabilities for various events to occur, and these probabilities seem to be objective chances. This does not seem to sit well with the fact that the theory's time evolution is deterministic. We argue that the tension between the two is only apparent. We present a theory of Humean objective chance and show that chances thus understood are compatible with underlying determinism and provide an interpretation of the probabilities we find in Boltzmannian statistical mechanics. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Erkenntnis is a copyright of Springer, 2015. All Rights Reserved. item: Erkenntnis holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2015 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|