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Abstract

The guiding question of this paper is: how similar are deterministic descriptions and indeterministic descriptions from a predictive viewpoint? The deterministic and indeterministic descriptions of concern in this paper are measure-theoretic deterministic systems and stochastic processes, respectively. I will explain intuitively some mathematical results which show that measure-theoretic deterministic systems and stochastic processes give more often the same predictions than one might perhaps have expected, and hence that from a predictive viewpoint these descriptions are quite similar.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Werndl, Charlotte
Additional Information:	Contribution in: A. Hieke and H. Leitgeb (eds), Reduction, Abstraction, Analysis, Proceedings of the 31st International Ludwig Wittgenstein-Symposium. Ontos, pp. 63-78.
Keywords:	observational equivalence, determinism, indeterminism, ergodic theory, stochastic processes
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Complex Systems Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism
Depositing User:	Charlotte Werndl
Date Deposited:	27 Jul 2009
Last Modified:	06 Jun 2011 11:02
Item ID:	4775
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Complex Systems Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism
Date:	July 2009
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4775

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