What is the Problem about the Time-Asymmetry of Thermodynamics?--A Reply to Price

North, Jill (2002) What is the Problem about the Time-Asymmetry of Thermodynamics?--A Reply to Price.

Abstract

Huw Price argues that there are two conceptions of the puzzle of the time-asymmetry of thermodynamics. He thinks this puzzle has remained unsolved for so long partly due to a misunderstanding about which of these conceptions is the right one and what form a solution ought to take. I argue that it is Price’s understanding of the problem which is mistaken. Further, it is on the basis of this and other misunderstandings that he disparages a type of account which does, in fact, hold promise of a solution.