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A Philosophical Guide to Chance
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Artikel-Nr:
9781107013780
Veröffentl:
2012
Erscheinungsdatum:
05.04.2012
Seiten:
264
Autor:
Toby Handfield
Gewicht:
658 g
Format:
249x178x18 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Toby Handfield is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy, Monash University. He is the editor of Dispositions and Causes (2009).
An introduction to the philosophy of chance which challenges realist accounts of chance.
1. The concept of chance; 2. The classical picture; 3. Ways the world might be; 4. Possibilities of thought; 5. Chance in phase space; 6. Possibilist theories of chance; 7. Actualist theories of chance; 8. Anti-realist theories of chance; 9. Chance in quantum physics; 10. Chance in branching worlds; 11. Time and evidence; 12. Debunking chance.