Leeds, Stephen (2010) Interventionism in Statistical Mechanics. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

I defend the idea (“Interventionism”) that the fact that no system is entirely isolated can be used to explain the successful use of the microcanonical distribution in statistical mechanics. The argument turns on claims about what is needed for an adequate explanation of this fact: I argue in particular that various competing explanations do not meet reasonable conditions of adequacy, and that the most striking lacuna in Interventionism – its failure to explain the ‘arrow of time’ – is no real defect.

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Item Type:	Other
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Leeds, Stephen
Keywords:	Boltzmann, Interventionism, Albert
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics
Depositing User:	stephen leeds
Date Deposited:	09 Jul 2010
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:19
Item ID:	5464
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics
Date:	2010
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/5464

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