Why propensities cannot be probabilities

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Why propensities cannot be probabilities. Paul Humphreys. Philosophical Review 94 4 Paul Humphreys University of Virginia. Propensities in Philosophy of Probability. Edit this record. Mark as duplicate. Find it on Scholar. Request removal from index. Revision history. Find in Worldcat. Go to page:. Your current browser may not support copying via this button. Search within book. Subscriber sign in You could not be signed in, please check and try again. Username Please enter your Username.

Password Please enter your Password. Forgot password? They … Expand. PART A. View 1 excerpt, cites background. Philosophy of Probability. In the philosophy of probability there are two central questions we are concerned with. The first is: what is the correct formal theory of probability? I argue that there are such things as nomological probabilities—probabilities that play a certain explanatory role with respect to stable, long-run relative frequencies.

Indeed, I argue, we should be … Expand. Modern philosophical debate on explanation began with Hempel and Oppenheim's article: Studies in the Logic of Explanation. Hempel and Oppenheim's view: their Deductive-Nomological model of … Expand.