Probability as typicality

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2006.12.001MaRDI QIDQ643083zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors S. B. Volchan

Publication date 27 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://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0611172

zbMATH Keywords

probabilitystatistical mechanicstypicality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: The concept of typicality refers to properties holding for the "overwhelming majority" of cases and is a fundamental idea of the qualitative approach to dynamical problems. We argue that measure-theoretical typicality would be the adequate viewpoint of the role of probability in classical statistical mechanics, particularly in understanding the micro to macroscopic change of levels of description.

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