An empirical approach to symmetry and probability

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.08.008zbMath1228.82006OpenAlexW2091610469MaRDI QIDQ652801

Jill North

Publication date: 17 December 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://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.08.008

zbMATH Keywords

symmetryprobabilitystatistical mechanicsindifference

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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