Chua, Eugene Y. S. (2021) Degeneration and Entropy. [Preprint]
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Lakatos’s analysis of progress and degeneration in the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes is well-known. Less known, however, are his thoughts on degeneration in Proofs and Refutations. I propose and motivate two new criteria for degeneration based on the discussion in Proofs and Refutations – superfluity and authoritarianism. I show how these criteria augment the account in Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes, providing a generalized Lakatosian account of progress and degeneration. I then apply this generalized account to a key transition point in the history of entropy – the transition to an information-theoretic interpretation of entropy – by assessing Jaynes’s 1957 paper on information theory and statistical mechanics.
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| Additional Information: | Accepted for publication in Lakatos's Undone Work: The Practical Turn and the Division of Philosophy of Mathematics and Philosophy of Science, special issue of Kriterion: Journal of Philosophy. Edited by S. Nagler, H. Pilin, and D. Sarikaya. | ||||||
| Keywords: | Lakatos, Jaynes, Philosophy of Science, Entropy, Information Theory, Degeneration, History of Mathematics, History of Science, History of Physics, Philosophy of Physics | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > History General Issues > History of Science Case Studies Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Eugene Y. S. Chua | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2021 18:21 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2021 18:21 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 19960 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > History General Issues > History of Science Case Studies Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
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| Date: | 29 November 2021 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19960 |
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