After a comprehensive introduction to alternative conceptions of objective probability and the difficulties that they confront, three studies describe the special problems that arise within this context and the comparative merits of different accounts. The second section addresses the nature of lawfulness and of relations between micro- and macro-probabilities, especially with reference to the concept of fitness in evolution. The third section confronts some of the difficulties confronted by causal conceptions of probability, especially within the quantum domain. The fourth extends the discussion to principles of inference and decision. The last chapter relates propensities and frequencies to the framework of inference to the best explanation.
The Place of Probability in Science
Ellery Eells & J.H. Fetzer
Springer 2010 ISBN: 9048136148 368 pages PDF 3,8 MB
Springer 2010 ISBN: 9048136148 368 pages PDF 3,8 MB
