But what do these statements mean? This may be understood as a metaphysical question
about what kinds of things are probabilities, or more generally as a question about what …

This book defends a radical new theory of contingency as a physical phenomenon. Drawing
on the many-worlds approach to quantum theory and cutting-edge metaphysics and …

Causation is a foundational concept in tort law: in claims for compensation, a claimant must
demonstrate that the defendant was a cause of the injury suffered in order for compensation …

I argue against the common and influential view that non-trivial chances arise only when the
fundamental laws are indeterministic. The problem with this view, I claim, is not that it …

What explains the outcomes of chance processes? We claim that their setups do. Chances,
we think, mediate these explanations of outcome by setup but do not feature in them. Facts …

This article argues that if propensities are displayed in objective physical chances, then the
appropriate representation of these chances is as indexed probability functions. Two …

Objective chance and morality are rarely discussed together. In this paper, I argue that there
is a surprising similarity in the epistemic standing of our beliefs about both objective chance …

In what sense are the special sciences autonomous of fundamental physics? Autonomy is
an enduring theme in discussions of the relationship between the special sciences and …

This paper investigates various properties that may by possessed by quantum states, which
are believed to be specifically “quantum”(entanglement, nonlocality, steerability, negative …

Is it possible for Suzy to travel back in time and kill her infant self? Vihvelin (1996) and
Vranas (2009) hold that autoinfanticide is logically/metaphysically possible but physically …