The place of probability in Hilbert's axiomatization of physics, ca. 1900--1928

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2015.11.004zbMath1331.00038OpenAlexW2275136512MaRDI QIDQ5964890

Lukas M. Verburgt

Publication date: 1 March 2016

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.2015.11.004

zbMATH Keywords

probability theoryaxiomatization of physicsDavid Hilbertfoundations of modern sciencegeneral covariancestructure of matter

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05) Physics (00A79) History of probability theory (60-03)

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