portada Typicality Reasoning in Probability, Physics, and Metaphysics (en Inglés)

Typicality Reasoning in Probability, Physics, and Metaphysics (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Dustin Lazarovici

Editorial

Palgrave MacMillan

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

374

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

21x14.8x2.2 cm

Peso

0.62 kg.

ISBN13

9783031334474

Categorías

Filosofía de la ciencia
Influencia de la ciencia y la tecnología sobre la sociedad
Física
Filosofía: metafísica y ontología

Typicality Reasoning in Probability, Physics, and Metaphysics (en Inglés)

Dustin Lazarovici (Autor) · Palgrave MacMillan · Tapa Dura

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This book provides a comprehensive investigation into the concept of typicality and its significance for physics and the philosophy of science. It identifies typicality as a fundamental way of reasoning, central to how natural laws explain and are tested against phenomena. The book discusses various applications of typicality to foundational questions in physics and beyond.These include: a unified interpretation of objective probabilities in classical mechanics and quantum mechanicsa detailed discussion of Boltzmann's statistical mechanics, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamicsa novel account of the asymmetry of causation and the arrow of time Finally, the book turns to the question: "What are laws of nature"? It argues that typicality extends to a powerful way of reasoning in metaphysics that can and should inform our commitments about the fundamental ontology of the world. On this basis, it develops an argument against theHumean best system account, according to which laws of nature are merely an efficient summary of contingent regularities.