Screen LibraryA philosophical guide to chance
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 256 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781107607354 (pbk.) 1107607353 (pbk.) 9781107013780 (hardback) 110701378X (hardback) |
| Index Number: | B025 |
| CLC: | B025.6 |
| Call Number: | B025.6/H236 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-253) and index. 1. The concept of chance -- 2. The classical picture -- 3. Ways the world might be -- 4. Possibilities of thought -- 5. Chance in phase space -- 6. Possibilist theories of chance -- 7. Actualist theories of chance -- 8. Anti-realist theories of chance -- 9. Chance in quantum physics -- 10. Chance in branching worlds -- 11. Time and evidence -- 12. Debunking chance. |