Winsberg, Eric (2002) Laws and Statistical Mechanics. In: UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
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This paper explores some connections between competing conceptions of scientific laws on the one hand, and a problem in the foundations of statistical mechanics on the other. I examine two proposals for understanding the time asymmetry of thermodynamic phenomenal: David Albert’s recent proposal and a proposal that I outline based on Hans Reichenbach’s “branch systems”. I sketch an argument against the former, and mount a defense of the latter by showing how to accommodate statistical mechanics to recent developments in the philosophy of scientific laws.
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| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
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| Depositing User: | Eric Winsberg | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jul 2003 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:11 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 1244 | ||||||
| Public Domain: | No | ||||||
| Conference Date: | November 2002 | ||||||
| Conference Location: | Milwaukee | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
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| Date: | 2002 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1244 |
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