Weinstein, Steven (2003) Objectivity, information, and Maxwell's demon. [Preprint]
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Abstract
This paper examines some common measures of complexity, structure, and information, with an eye toward understanding the extent to which complexity or information-content may be regarded as objective properties of individual objects. A form of contextual objectivity is proposed which renders the measures objective, and which largely resolves the puzzle of Maxwell's Demon.
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Item Type: | Preprint | ||||||
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Keywords: | information entropy complexity demon thermodynamics | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
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Depositing User: | Steven Weinstein | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 05 Aug 2005 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:13 | ||||||
Item ID: | 2390 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
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Date: | December 2003 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2390 |
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