Does a Low-Entropy Constraint Prevent Us from Influencing the Past?
Frisch, Mathias (2007) Does a Low-Entropy Constraint Prevent Us from Influencing the Past?.
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Abstract
David Albert (2000) and Barry Loewer (2007) have argued that the temporal asymmetry of our concept of causal influence or control is grounded in the statistical mechanical assumption of a low-entropy past. In this paper I critically examine Albert's and Loewer's accounts.
| Keywords: | Causation, Time, Thermodynamics, Past-Hypothesis |
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| Subjects: | General Issues: Causation General Issues: Reductionism/Holism Specific Sciences: Physics: Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
| ID Code: | 3390 |
| Deposited By: | Frisch, Mathias |
| Deposited On: | 24 June 2007 |