Mason, Lucy (2023) Noisy Records. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Records of the past are a pervasive feature of our world which are referred to in many areas of both physics and philosophy, but there is no widespread consensus on what records are. I will present a new account of records in terms of robustness against noise. This account highlights previously overlooked features of records: their use of redundancy and that they must be treated macroscopically. These features have implications the use of records in quantum mechanics and thermodynamics and shows how the misuse of records has caused problems in the philosophy of physics literature.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Mason, Lucy lucy.1.mason@kcl.ac.uk 0009-0002-4852-9061
Keywords:	records, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, coarse-graining, time; Maxwell's demon
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics
Depositing User:	Lucy Mason
Date Deposited:	31 Oct 2024 17:24
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2024 17:24
Item ID:	24137
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics
Date:	2023
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24137

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