00000cmm a22000005i 4500 UP-99796217611037563 Buklod 20250121103632.0 m go j cr |n |||auu|a 250121s20102011ne o j eng d 978-1-4020-9904-5 (eBook) (iLib)UPD-00209103678 DLC DMLR rda eng DMLUC QC 174.85 P76 P76 2011eb Probabilities, causes and propensities in physics [electronic resource] edited by Mauricio Suárez. Dordrecht, Netherlands Springer Netherlands 2010. ©2011. 1 online resource (x, 266 pages) text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science 347. Preface--1. Introduction; Mauricio Suárez--PART I: PROBABILITIES--2. Probability and time symmetry in classical Markov processes; Guido Bacciagaluppi--3. Probability assignments and the principle of indifference: an examination of two eliminative strategies; Sorin Bangu--4. Why typicality does not explain the approach to equilibrium; Roman Frigg; PART II: CAUSES--5. From metaphysics to physics and back: the example of causation; Federico Laudisa--6. On explanation in retro-causal interpretations of quantum mechanics; Joseph Berkovitz--7. Causal completeness in general probability theories; Balasz Gyenis, Miklós Rédei--8. Causal Markov, robustness and the quantum correlations; Mauricio Suárez, Iñaki San Pedro--PART III: PROPENSITIES--9. Do dispositions and propensities have a role in the ontology of quantum mechanics? Some critical remarks; Mauro Dorato--10. Is the quantum world composed of propensitons?; Nicholas Maxwell--11. Derivative dispositions and multiple derivative levels; Ian Thom This volume defends a novel approach to the philosophy of physics: it is the first book devoted to a comparative study of probability, causality, and propensity, and their various interrelations, within the context of contemporary physics -- particularly quantum and statistical physics. The philosophical debates and distinctions are firmly grounded upon examples from actual physics, thus exemplifying a robustly empiricist approach. The essays, by both prominent scholars in the field and promising young researchers, constitute a pioneer effort in bringing out the connections between probabilistic, causal and dispositional aspects of the quantum domain. The book will appeal to specialists in philosophy and foundations of physics, philosophy of science in general, metaphysics, ontology of physics theories, and philosophy of probabi Electronic reproduction. New York Springerlink ©2011. Available via World Wide Web through Springer Probabiliies. Causation. SpringerLink (Online Service). Electronic Resources Available for UP System via Springer Link. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9904-5 FO UPD DMLR QC 174.85 P76 P76 2011eb Electronic Resource