Making it Formally Explicit - Probability, Causality and Indeterminism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

This book collects research papers on the philosophical foundations of probability, causality, spacetime and quantum theory. The papers are related to talks presented in six subsequent workshops organized by The Budapest-Krakow Research Group on Probability, Causality and Determinism. Coverage consists of three parts. Part I focuses on the notion of probability from a general philosophical and formal epistemological perspective. Part II applies probabilistic considerations to address causal questions in the foundations of quantum mechanics. Part III investigates the question of indeterminism in spacetime theories. It also explores some related questions, such as decidability and observation. The contributing authors are all philosophers of science with a strong background in mathematics or physics. They believe that paying attention to the finer formal details often helps avoiding pitfalls that exacerbate the philosophical problems that are in the center of focus of contemporary research. The papers presented here help make explicit the mathematical-structural assumptions that underlie key philosophical argumentations. This formally rigorous and conceptually precise approach will appeal to researchers and philosophers as well as mathematicians and statisticians.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	European Studies in Philosophy of Science, 6
Release date:	April 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Gabor Hofer-Szabo • Leszek Wronski
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	242
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-55485-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Philosophy of mathematics Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Probability & statistics Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Classical mechanics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Quantum physics (quantum mechanics) > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
LSN:	3-319-55485-9
Barcode:	9783319554853

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