Time, chance and reduction : philosophical aspects of statistical mechanics /

Statistical mechanics attempts to explain the behaviour of macroscopic physical systems in terms of the mechanical properties of their constituents. Although it is one of the fundamental theories of physics, it has received little attention from philosophers of science. Nevertheless, it raises philo...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Ernst, Gerhard, 1971-, Hüttemann, Andreas
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Sujets:
Statistical mechanics.
Statistical mechanics > Philosophy.
Mécanique statistique.
Mécanique statistique > Philosophie.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
Statistical mechanics
Statistische Mechanik
Wissenschaftsphilosophie
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction / Gerhard Ernst and Andreas Hüttemann
  • Does a low-entropy constraint prevent us from influencing the past? / Mathias Frisch
  • The past hypothesis meets gravity / Craig Callender
  • Quantum gravity and the arrow of time / Claus Kiefer
  • The natural-range conception of probability / Jacob Rosenthal
  • Probability in Boltzmannian statistical mechanics / Roman Frigg
  • Humean metaphysics versus a metaphysics of powers / Michael Esfeld
  • The crystallization of Clausius's phenomenological thermodynamics / C. Ulises Moulines
  • Reduction and renormalization / Robert W. Batterman
  • Irreversibility in stochastic dynamis / Jos Uffink.

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