Zwier, Karen R. (2016) Interventionist Causation in Thermodynamics. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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The interventionist account of causation has been largely dismissed as a serious candidate for application in physics. This dismissal is related to the problematic assumption that physical causation is entirely a matter of dynamical evolution. In this paper, I offer a fresh look at the interventionist account of causation and its applicability to thermodynamics. I argue that the interventionist account of causation is the account of causation which most appropriately characterizes the theoretical structure and phenomenal behavior of thermodynamics.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Zwier, Karen R. krzwier@gmail.com 0000-0003-3954-0859
Keywords:	thermodynamics, causation, intervention, equilibrium, driving forces
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics
Depositing User:	Karen R. Zwier
Date Deposited:	06 Jul 2016 12:19
Last Modified:	06 Jul 2016 12:19
Item ID:	12260
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics
Date:	2016
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12260

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