The Probability Map of the Universe : : Essays on David Albert’s ‹i›Time and Chance‹/i› / / ed. by Brad Weslake, Barry Loewer, Eric Winsberg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• MitwirkendeR: Albert, David Z.,; Carroll, Sean M.,; Chen, Eddy Keming,; Fernandes, Alison,; Frisch, Mathias,; Huggett, Nick,; Lazarovici, Dustin,; Loewer, Barry,; Maudlin, Tim,; Meacham, Christopher J. G.,; Wallace, David,; Weslake, Brad,; Winsberg, Eric,
• HerausgeberIn: Loewer, Barry,; Weslake, Brad,; Winsberg, Eric,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)

Philosophers debate the ideas and implications of one of the most important contemporary works in the philosophy of science, David Albert’s Time and Chance.In the twenty-odd years since its publication, David Albert’s Time and Chance has been recognized as one of the most significant contemporary co...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• PART I. OVERVIEW of TIME AND CHANCE
• Chapter One. The Mentaculus: A Probability Map of the Universe
• PART II. PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS
• Chapter Two. The Metaphysical Foundations of Statistical Mechanics
• Chapter Three. The Logic of the Past Hypothesis
• Chapter Four. In What Sense Is the Early Universe Fine-Tuned?
• Chapter Five. The Meta-Reversibility Objection
• Chapter Six. Typicality versus Humean Probabilities as the Foundation of Statistical Mechanics
• Chapter Seven. The Past Hypothesis and the Nature of Physical Laws
• Chapter Eight. On the Albertian Demon
• PART III. UNDERWRITING the ASYMMETRIES of KNOWLEDGE and INTERVENTION
• Chapter Nine. Reading the Past in the Present
• Chapter Ten. Causes, Randomness, and the Past Hypothesis
• Chapter Eleven. Time, Flies, and Why We Can’t Control the Past
• Chapter Twelve. The Concept of Intervention in Time and Chance
• Conclusion
• Contributors
• Index