Title: A theory of physical probability /
Authors: Johns, Richard,
Date: 2002
Publisher: University of Toronto Press,
Physical description: vi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: B
Contents: Introduction. Motivation for the Causal Theory of Chance. Problems for the Causal Theory. Advantages of the Causal Theory. Overview of the Book -- Logic and Probability. The Objections to Logical Probability. The Nature of Logical Probability. Measuring Degrees of Belief. The Axioms of Probability. Relative Probabilities. Interval Probabilities. The Symmetry Axiom -- Causation and Determination. Causation. Determination. How Are Causation and Determination Related? -- Physical Chance. The Definition of Chance. Chance Is Relativized to a System. Lewis's Objections. A Proof of Miller's Principle. The Objections of Howson and Urbach. Chance and Relative Frequency. Frequency Theories of Probability. Conditional Chances -- Classical Stochastic Mechanics. What Is CSM Good for? The Law Function. Relevance and Correlation. Chance in a Composite System. Sub-histories, States, and Markov Systems. Boundary Conditions and Time. The Arrow of Time -- Correlation. Classical and Quantum Correlation. Reactions to EPR. Beyond Postulate CSM3 -- The State Vector. The Problem. Large and Small Systems. Chance for Small Systems. Summary -- Conclusion.
Subject headings (LCSH): Causation.; Chance.