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020			_a9781139012096 (ebook)
020			_z9781107013780 (hardback)
020			_z9781107607354 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aBC141 _b.H36 2012
082	0	0	_a123/.3 _223
100	1		_aHandfield, Toby, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA Philosophical Guide to Chance : _bPhysical Probability / _cToby Handfield.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (264 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aIt is a commonplace that scientific inquiry makes extensive use of probabilities, many of which seem to be objective chances, describing features of reality that are independent of our minds. Such chances appear to have a number of paradoxical or puzzling features: they appear to be mind-independent facts, but they are intimately connected with rational psychology; they display a temporal asymmetry, but they are supposed to be grounded in physical laws that are time-symmetric; and chances are used to explain and predict frequencies of events, although they cannot be reduced to those frequencies. This book offers an accessible and non-technical introduction to these and other puzzles. Toby Handfield engages with traditional metaphysics and philosophy of science, drawing upon recent work in the foundations of quantum mechanics and thermodynamics to provide a novel account of objective probability that is empirically informed without requiring specialist scientific knowledge.
650		0	_aChance
650		0	_aProbabilities
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107013780
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139012096
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37870 _d37870