Mechanistic probability

DOI10.1007/S11229-010-9830-3MaRDI QIDQ383030zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marshall Abrams

Publication date 25 November 2013

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-010-9830-3

zbMATH Keywords

chancefrequencyinterpretation of probabilitymicroconstancyobjective probability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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