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Individualist and Ensemblist Approaches to the Foundations of Statistical Mechanics
The Monist 102 (4):439-457 (2019)
Abstract
I will contrast the two main approaches to the foundations of statistical mechanics: the individualist approach and the ensemblist approach. I will indicate the virtues of each, and argue that the conflict between them is perhaps not as great as often imagined.Other Versions
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