An empirical approach to symmetry and probability

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2009.08.008zbMATH Open1228.82006OpenAlexW2091610469MaRDI QIDQ652801FDOQ652801

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

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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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