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Notes on the Contributors | p. vii |
Preface | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Probabilities in Statistical Physics | |
Subjective Probability and Statistical Physics | p. 25 |
An Objectivist Account of Probabilities in Statistical Mechanics | p. 51 |
The Past Histories of Molecules | p. 83 |
Entropy: A Guide for the Perplexed | p. 115 |
Probabilistic Modeling in Physics | p. 143 |
Probabilities in Quantum Mechanics | |
Aspects of Probability in Quantum Theory | p. 171 |
Probabilities in Realist Views of Quantum Mechanics | p. 201 |
Quantum Probabilities: An Information-Theoretic Interpretation | p. 231 |
Interpreting Probabilities in Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Statistical Mechanics | p. 263 |
Philosophical Perspectives | |
Three Roads to Objective Probability | p. 293 |
Physics and the Humean Approach to Probability | p. 321 |
Probability Out Of Determinism | p. 339 |
Can the World be Shown to be Indeterministic After All? | p. 365 |
References | p. 391 |
Index | p. 421 |
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