Are deterministic descriptions and indeterministic descriptions observationally equivalent?
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Publication:652770
DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.06.004zbMath1228.00017arXiv1310.1615WikidataQ56083277 ScholiaQ56083277MaRDI QIDQ652770
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://arxiv.org/abs/1310.1615
prediction; chaos; determinism; stochastic processes; ergodic theory; observational equivalence; indeterminism
00A30: Philosophy of mathematics
60G35: Signal detection and filtering (aspects of stochastic processes)
82B03: Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics
60A05: Axioms; other general questions in probability
00A79: Physics
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