Phenomenological Reviews

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Some remarks on objective Chance (F. P. Ramsey, K. R. Popper and N. R. Campbell)

Maria Carla Galavotti

pp. 73-82

Abstract

The debate on "objective" chance embraces a wide range of conflicting positions, from the interpretation of chance in terms of (meta)physical propensities to a view of chance rooted in a subjectivistic framework. Though the propensity interpretation perhaps prevails over the subjective or personally oriented conception, both of them gather some consensus among philosophers, probabilists and scientists. Intermediate and alternative positions have also emerged, some of which can be considered variants of the above, while others differ in more substantial waysl. Leaving aside the variety characterizing this debate, I will concentrate on the propensity and subjective interpretations of chance.

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Dalla Chiara Maria Luisa, Giuntini Roberto, Laudisa Federico (1999) Language, quantum, music: selected contributed papers of the tenth international congress of logic, methodology and philosophy of science, Florence, august 1995. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 73-82

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2043-4_8

Full citation:

Galavotti Maria Carla (1999) „Some remarks on objective Chance (F. P. Ramsey, K. R. Popper and N. R. Campbell)“, In: M. L. Dalla Chiara, R. Giuntini & F. Laudisa (eds.), Language, quantum, music, Dordrecht, Springer, 73–82.