Probabilities in Physics

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Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press (2011)
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This volume is the first to provide a philosophical appraisal of probabilities in all of physics.

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Introduction.Claus Beisbart & Stephan Hartmann
Subjective probabilityand statistical physics.  (pages 25)Jos Uffink
An objectivist account of probabilities in statistical physics.  (pages 51)David Lavis
The past histories of molecules.  (pages 83--113)Craig Callender
Entropy - A Guide for the Perplexed.  (pages 115-142)Roman Frigg & Charlotte Werndl
Probabilistic modeling in physics.  (pages 143)Claus Beisbart
Aspects of Probability in Quantum Theory.  (pages 171)Michael Dickson
Probabilities in realist views of quantum mechanics.  (pages 201)Christopher G. Timpson
Quantum probabilities: an information-theoretic interpretation.  (pages 231)Jeffrey Bub
Interpreting Probabilities in Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Statistical Mechanics.  (pages 263)Laura Ruetsche & John Earman
Three roads to objective probability1.  (pages 293)Tim Maudlin
Physics and the Humean approach to probability.  (pages 321)Carl Hoefer
Probability Out Of Determinism.  (pages 339--364)Michael Strevens
Can the world be shown to be indeterministic after all?  (pages 365--389)Christian Wuthrich

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Stephan Hartmann
Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München
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