Is the Past a Matter of Chance?

In Alastair Wilson (ed.), Chance and Temporal Asymmetry. U.K: Oxford University Press. pp. 126-158 (2014)
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This volume sets the agenda for future work on time and chance, which are central to theemerging sub-field of metaphysics of science.

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