A philosophical guide to chance / (Record no. 23952)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | BD-DhNLB |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20230122114131.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 111205s2012 enka b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781107607354 (pbk.);9781107013780 (hardback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of original | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 123/.3 |
| Item number | TOP 2012 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Handfield, Toby. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 24053 |
| 245 #2 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A philosophical guide to chance / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Toby Handfield, Monash University. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | viii, 256 pages |
| Other physical details | illustrations |
| Dimensions | 25 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-253) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "It is a commonplace that scientific inquiry makes extensive use of probabilities, many of which seem to be objective chances, describing features of reality that are independent of our minds. Such chances appear to have a number of paradoxical or puzzling features: they appear to be mind-independent facts, but they are intimately connected with rational psychology; they display a temporal asymmetry, but they are supposed to be grounded in physical laws that are time-symmetric; and chances are used to explain and predict frequencies of events, although they cannot be reduced to those frequencies. This book offers an accessible and non-technical introduction to these and other puzzles. Toby Handfield engages with traditional metaphysics and philosophy of science, drawing upon recent work in the foundations of quantum mechanics and thermodynamics to provide a novel account of objective probability that is empirically informed without requiring specialist scientific knowledge"-- |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Chance.;Probabilities.;SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 24054 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | National Library of Bangladesh | Library Section | SB- R304 | 01/22/2023 | 123/.3 TOP 2012 | P33552 | 01/22/2023 | 01/22/2023 | Books |