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The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Psychological Arrow of Time

Authors :
Orly Shenker
Meir Hemmo
Source :
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 73:85-107
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
University of Chicago Press, 2022.

Abstract

Can the second law of thermodynamics explain our mental experience of the direction of time? According to an influential approach, the past hypothesis of universal low entropy (required to ...

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Subjects :
History
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05 social sciences
Second law of thermodynamics
06 humanities and the arts
050905 science studies
0603 philosophy, ethics and religion
Philosophy
History and Philosophy of Science
Arrow of time
060302 philosophy
Statistical physics
0509 other social sciences
Entropy (arrow of time)
Mathematics
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ISSN :
14643537 and 00070882
Volume :
73
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........49fd386c4d3555db9e231c7662505c01

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