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From Randomness and Entropy to the Arrow of Time
The Element reconstructs, analyses and compares different derivational routes to a grounding of the Arrow of Time in entropy. It also evaluates the link between entropy and visible …
Foundations of Statistical Mechanics
Statistical mechanics is the third pillar of modern physics, next to quantum theory and relativity theory. It aims to account for the behaviour of macroscopic systems in terms of …
Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful scientific theory. But more than 100 years after it was first introduced, the interpretation of the theory remains controversial. …
Epistemology of Experimental Physics
This Element introduces major issues in the epistemology of experimental physics through discussion of canonical physics experiments and some that have not yet received much …
Emergence and Reduction in Physics
This Element offers an overview of some of the most important debates in philosophy and physics around the topics of emergence and reduction and proposes a compatibilist view of …