How to explain the direction of time

Reichenbach explains temporally asymmetric phenomena by appeal to entropy and ‘branch structure’. He explains why the entropic gradients of isolated subsystems are oriented towards the future and not the past, and why we have records of the past and not the future, by appeal to the fact that the uni...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Synthese (Dordrecht) 2022-09, Vol.200 (5), p.389, Article 389
1. Verfasser:	Fernandes, Alison
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	All Things Reichenbach Asymmetry Education Entropy Epistemology Logic Mechanics Metaphysics Original Research Philosophy Philosophy of Language Philosophy of Science Universe
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