Hypothetical Frequencies as Approximations.
Hájek (Erkenntnis 70(2):211–235, 2009) argues that probabilities cannot be the limits of relative frequencies in counterfactual infinite sequences. I argue for a different understanding of these limits, drawing on Norton's (Philos Sci 79(2):207–232, 2012) distinction between approximations (inexact...
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