Typicality First

Philosophical Quarterly (forthcoming)
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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.

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Isaac Wilhelm
National University of Singapore

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