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A theory of physical probability / Richard Johns

Author
Johns, Richard, 1968-
Published
Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, [2002]
Copyright Date
©2002
Physical Description
1 online resource (vi, 259 pages) : illustrations
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English.
Contents
CONTENTS -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Motivation for the Causal Theory of Chance -- 1.2 Problems for the Causal Theory -- 1.3 Advantages of the Causal Theory -- 1.4 Overview of the Book -- 2 Logic and Probability -- 2.1 The Objections to Logical Probability -- 2.2 The Nature of Logical Probability -- 2.3 Measuring Degrees of Belief -- 2.4 The Axioms of Probability -- 2.5 Relative Probabilities -- 2.6 Interval Probabilities -- 2.7 The Symmetry Axiom -- 3 Causation and Determination -- 3.1 Causation -- 3.2 Determination, 3.3 How Are Causation and Determination Related?4 Physical Chance -- 4.1 The Definition of Chance -- 4.2 Chance Is Relativized to a System -- 4.3 Lewis's Objections -- 4.4 A Proof of Miller's Principle -- 4.5 The Objections of Howson and Urbach -- 4.6 Chance and Relative Frequency -- 4.7 Frequency Theories of Probability -- 4.8 Conditional Chances -- 5 Classical Stochastic Mechanics -- 5.1 What Is CSM Good for? -- 5.2 The Law Function -- 5.3 Relevance and Correlation -- 5.4 Chance in a Composite System -- 5.5 Sub-histories, States, and Markov Systems, and 5.6 Boundary Conditions and Time5.7 The Arrow of Time -- 6 Correlation -- 6.1 Classical and Quantum Correlation -- 6.2 Reactions to EPR -- 6.3 Beyond Postulate CSM3 -- 7 The State Vector -- 7.1 The Problem -- 7.2 Large and Small Systems -- 7.3 Chance for Small Systems -- 7.4 Summary -- 8 Conclusion -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z
Summary
Richard Johns argues that random events are fully caused and lack only determination by their causes; according to his causal theory of chance, the physical chance of an event is the degree to which the event is determined by its causes.
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ISBN
9781442670501 (electronic bk.)
1442670509 (electronic bk.)
0802036031 (bound)
9780802036032
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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