{"product_id":"chance-and-temporal-asymmetry-alastair-wilson-9780199673421","title":"Chance and Temporal Asymmetry","description":"\u003cem\u003eChance and Temporal Asymmetry\u003c\/em\u003e presents a collection of cutting-edge research papers in the metaphysics of science, tackling the perplexing philosophical problems raised by recent progress in the physics and metaphysics of chance and time. How do the probabilities found in fundamental physics and the probabilities of the special sciences relate to one another? Can a constraint on the initial conditions of the universe underwrite the second law of thermodynamics? How does contemporary quantum theory reframe debates over the nature of chance? What grounds do we have for believing in a fundamental direction to time? And how do all these questions connect up?\u003cbr\u003eThe aim of the volume is both to survey and summarize recent debates about chance and temporal asymmetry and to push them forward. Familiar approaches are subjected to searching new critiques, and bold new proposals are made concerning (\u003cem\u003einter alia\u003c\/em\u003e) the semantics of chance-attributions, the justification of the Principal Principle connecting chance and degree of belief, and the source of the temporal asymmetry of human experience. \u003cbr\u003eThe contributors include world-leading figures in the field, all presenting new work rather than rehashing old ideas, as well as a number of promising junior scholars. A wide-ranging introduction connects the different chapters together, and provides essential background to the debates they take up. Technicality is kept to a minimum and philosophical and conceptual foundations take centre stage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eChance and Temporal Asymmetry\u003c\/em\u003e sets the agenda for future work on time and chance, which are central to the emerging sub-field of metaphysics of science. It will be indispensable to graduate students and to specialists in metaphysics and philosophy of science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alastair Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019967342X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199673421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.46h x 6.58w x 0.91d","brand":"Alastair Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054729556223,"sku":"9780199673421","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_33bc2725-6601-4014-9266-f93b7f07bd64.jpg?v=1685031653","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chance-and-temporal-asymmetry-alastair-wilson-9780199673421","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}