Toby Handfield

Gebundenes Buch

A Philosophical Guide to Chance

Beschreibung

An introduction to the philosophy of chance which challenges realist accounts of chance.

Autor

Toby Handfield is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy, Monash University. He is the editor of Dispositions and Causes (2009).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9781107013780
• ISBN-10: 110701378X
• Artikelnr.: 35062274

Rezensionen

'With Toby Handfield's wonderfully lucid and scrupulously fair guide to chance, philosophers at all levels now have an invaluable aid in coming to grips with this fundamental and beautiful area of philosophy. With a minimum of fussy technicality, and a maximum of clarity, readers are gently introduced to many topics in the physics and metaphysics of chance, even topics at the cutting edge of current research. Handfield's own sophisticated variety of anti-realism about chance will be of interest to even the most seasoned observers of this debate, and prompt much fruitful discussion.' Antony Eagle, University of Oxford