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What Gibbsian Statistical Mechanics Says: Defending Bare Probabilism

History and Philosophy of Physics 2024-07-22 v1

Abstract

I expound and defend the ``bare probabilism'' reading of Gibbsian (i.e. mainstream) statistical mechanics, responding to Frigg and Werndl's recent (BJPS 72 (2021), 105-129) plea: ``can somebody please say what Gibbsian statistical mechanics says?''

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@article{arxiv.2407.13875,
  title  = {What Gibbsian Statistical Mechanics Says: Defending Bare Probabilism},
  author = {David Wallace},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.13875},
  year   = {2024}
}

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17 pages