Chance versus Randomness
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2010)
| Abstract | This article explores the connection between objective chance and the randomness of a sequence of outcomes. Discussion is focussed around the claim that something happens by chance iff it is random. This claim is subject to many objections. Attempts to save it by providing alternative theories of chance and randomness, involving indeterminism, unpredictability, and reductionism about chance, are canvassed. The article is largely expository, with particular attention being paid to the details of algorithmic randomness, a topic relatively unfamiliar to philosophers. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Chance Randomness Determinism Predictability Probability Kolmogorov complexity | |||||||||
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