Probabilities, Causes and Propensities in Physics

This volume defends a novel approach to the philosophy of physics: it is the first book devoted to a comparative study of probability, causality, and propensity, and their various interrelations, within the context of contemporary physics -- particularly quantum and statistical physics. The philosop...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Suárez, Mauricio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
Σειρά:Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 347
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505 0 |a Preface -- 1. Introduction; Mauricio Suárez -- PART I: PROBABILITIES -- 2. Probability and time symmetry in classical Markov processes; Guido Bacciagaluppi -- 3. Probability assignments and the principle of indifference: An examination of two eliminative strategies; Sorin Bangu -- 4. Why typicality does not explain the approach to equilibrium; Roman Frigg; PART II: CAUSES -- 5. From metaphysics to physics and back: The example of causation; Federico Laudisa -- 6. On explanation in retro-causal interpretations of quantum mechanics; Joseph Berkovitz -- 7. Causal completeness in general probability theories; Balasz Gyenis, Miklós Rédei -- 8. Causal Markov, robustness and the quantum correlations; Mauricio Suárez, Iñaki San Pedro -- PART III: PROPENSITIES -- 9. Do dispositions and propensities have a role in the ontology of quantum mechanics? Some critical remarks; Mauro Dorato -- 10. Is the quantum world composed of propensitons?; Nicholas Maxwell -- 11. Derivative dispositions and multiple derivative levels; Ian Thompson. 
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