An empirical approach to symmetry and probability

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2009.08.008MaRDI QIDQ652801zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors 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

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

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