Nonprobabilistic chance?

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"Chance" crops up all over philosophy, and in many other areas. It is often assumed -- without argument -- that chances are probabilities. I explore the extent to which this assumption is really sanctioned by what we understand by the concept of chance.

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Seamus Bradley
London School of Economics (PhD)

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