Can the maximum entropy principle be explained as a consistency requirement?

DOI10.1016/1355-2198(95)00015-1zbMath1222.00018OpenAlexW2153206408WikidataQ64384729 ScholiaQ64384729MaRDI QIDQ639753

Jos Uffink

Publication date: 11 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/2649

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probability distributions: general theory (60E05) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Probability and inductive logic (03B48) Measures of information, entropy (94A17) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

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