The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Psychological Arrow of Time
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| ID | 8399448 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Meir Hemmo (0000-0002-0752-1269, University of Haifa, autor correspondente), Orly Shenker (0000-0001-5716-6894, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2022 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 85-107 |
| Data de publicação | 2022-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Editora | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/axz038 |
| OpenAlex | W2965857485 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 2 |
| Referências citadas | 35 |
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 explain the temporal directionality of the second law in terms of fundamental physics, which is time-symmetric) also explains how the psychological arrow comes about. We argue that although this approach has many attractive features, it cannot explain the psychological arrow after all. In particular, we show that the past hypothesis is neither necessary nor sufficient to explain the psychological arrow on the basis of current physics. We propose two necessary conditions on the workings of the brain that any account of the psychological arrow of time must satisfy. And we propose a new reductive physical account of the psychological arrow of time compatible with time-symmetric physics, according to which these two conditions are also sufficient. Our proposal has some radical implications, for example, that the psychological arrow of time is fundamental, whereas the temporal direction of entropy increase in the second law of thermodynamics and the past hypothesis is derived from it, rather than the other way around.
Arrow · Arrow of time · Entropy (arrow of time) · Epistemology · Laws of thermodynamics · Mathematical economics · Non-equilibrium thermodynamics · Physical law · Physics · Quantum · Quantum mechanics · Second law of thermodynamics · Statistical physics · Theoretical physics · Thermodynamics · Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics · Computer Science · Mathematics · Neural dynamics and brain function · Philosophy · Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Laws and Symmetry
After Physics
Physics and Chance
Two accounts of laws and time
A Brief History of Time
Unified dynamics for microscopic and macroscopic systems
The Direction of Time
Time and the observer
The Metaphysics Within Physics
The “Past Hypothesis”
Determinism and Chance
Does quantum electrodynamics have an arrow of time
The mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics
Szilard's Perpetuum Mobile
Do Brains Have an Arrow of Time
From Arbuthnot to Boltzmann
Statistical Mechanics and the Asymmetry of Counterfactual Dependence
Statistical Explanation and Ergodic Theory
Rethinking Boltzmannian Equilibrium
An Attempt to Add a Little Direction to “The Problem of the Direction of Time”
Time of Nature and the Nature of Time
| Obras citantes distintas | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 0,5 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 2 |