Affiliation:
1. National University of Singapore , Singapore
Abstract
Abstract
Instances of the law of large numbers are used to model many different physical systems. In this paper, I argue for a particular interpretation, of those instances of that law, which appeals to typicality. As I argue, the content of that law, when used to model physical systems, is that the probability of an event typically—rather than probably—approximates the frequency with which that event occurs.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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