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Time, Chance, and Reduction - Philosophical Aspects of Statistical Mechanics (Hardcover)
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Time, Chance, and Reduction - Philosophical Aspects of Statistical Mechanics (Hardcover)
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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 philosophical
questions of fundamental importance on the nature of time, chance
and reduction. Most philosophical issues in this domain relate to
the question of the reduction of thermodynamics to statistical
mechanics. This book addresses issues inherent in this reduction:
the time-asymmetry of thermodynamics and its absence in statistical
mechanics; the role and essential nature of chance and probability
in this reduction when thermodynamics is non-probabilistic; and
how, if at all, the reduction is possible. Compiling contributions
on current research by experts in the field, this is an invaluable
survey of the philosophy of statistical mechanics for academic
researchers and graduate students interested in the foundations of
physics.
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