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A Justification of the Probabilistic Explanation of the Entropy Principle
Philosophy of Science ( IF 1.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-10 , DOI: 10.1086/711586
Laurent Jodoin

In many ways, entropy and probability are two concepts that complement each other. But it has been argued that there is no ‘straightforward connection’ between them with a no-go thesis from Davey (2008). However, this skeptical conclusion rests upon counterexamples that fail to do justice to the entropy principle and the equivocality of the notion of probability. Proceeding from the disambiguation of probability, and acknowledging the explanatory goal of the entropy principle, it is argued that the Boltzmannnian statistical mechanics (BSM) account can be vindicated with a justification of the explanandum, the reference class and the standard uniform probability measure.

中文翻译:

熵原理的概率解释的证明

在很多方面,熵和概率是两个相辅相成的概念。但有人认为,他们之间没有“直接的联系”,戴维(Davey,2008)的一篇不成功的论文。然而,这个持怀疑态度的结论建立在反例之上,这些反例未能正确对待熵原理和概率概念的模棱两可。从概率的消歧出发,并承认熵原理的解释目标,有人认为玻尔兹曼统计力学 (BSM) 帐户可以通过解释说明、参考类和标准统一概率测度的证明来证明。
更新日期:2020-09-10
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