The Place of Probability in Science: In Honor of Ellery Eells (1953-2006)

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To clarify and illuminate the place of probability in science Ellery Eells and James H. Fetzer have brought together some of the most distinguished philosophers ...

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Objective Probability Theory Theory.  (pages 3--44)Ellery Eells
Propensities and frequencies: Inference to the best explanation.  (pages 27 - 61)James H. Fetzer
Probabilistic causality and causal generalizations.  (pages 47--63)Daniel M. Hausman
The Possibility of Infinitesimal Chances.  (pages 65--79)Martin Barrett
Probabilistic Metaphysics.  (pages 81--98)James H. Fetzer
Chance and Necessity : From Humean Supervenience to Humean Projection.  (pages 101-132)Wolfgang Spohn
Propensity trajectories, preemption, and the identity of events.  (pages 119 - 141)Ellery Eells
Evolutionary theory and the reality of macro probabilities.  (pages 133--60)Elliott Sober
Is Evolution An Optimizing Process?  (pages 163--177)James H. Fetzer
Miraculous consilience of quantum mechanics.  (pages 201--228)Malcolm R. Forster
How Bayesian Confirmation Theory Handles the Paradox of the Ravens.  (pages 247--275)Branden Fitelson & James Hawthorne
How Bayesian confirmation theory handles the paradox of the ravens.  (pages 247--275)Branden Fitelson & James Hawthorne
Learning to Network.  (pages 277--287)Brian Skyrms & Robin Pemantle
At the Memorial Gathering for Ellery Eells.  (pages 284)Elliott Sober
Probabilities in decision rules.  (pages 289--319)Paul Weirich
Propensities and Frequencies.  (pages 323--351)James H. Fetzer
Probability and objectivity in deterministic and indeterministic situations.  (pages 367--86)James H. Fetzer

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