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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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (vi, 211 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511770104 0511770103 051176703X 9780511767036 9780521884013 0521884012 9780511770777 0511770774 |
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| contents | 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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| spelling | Time, chance and reduction : philosophical aspects of statistical mechanics / edited by Gerhard Ernst, Andreas Hüttemann. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. 1 online resource (vi, 211 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Print version record. 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. Statistical mechanics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85127571 Statistical mechanics Philosophy. Mécanique statistique. Mécanique statistique Philosophie. SCIENCE Physics General. bisacsh Statistical mechanics fast Statistische Mechanik gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4056999-8 Wissenschaftsphilosophie gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4202787-1 Electronic books. Ernst, Gerhard, 1971- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqFQHKX6qR8dFbt3dgtKd http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005069842 Hüttemann, Andreas. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97027996 has work: Time, chance and reduction (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGXrBXk3xfYTJ7xh79JMj3 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Time, chance and reduction. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521884013 (DLC) 2010293279 (OCoLC)437083113 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=323974 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Time, chance and reduction : philosophical aspects of statistical mechanics / 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. Statistical mechanics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85127571 Statistical mechanics Philosophy. Mécanique statistique. Mécanique statistique Philosophie. SCIENCE Physics General. bisacsh Statistical mechanics fast Statistische Mechanik gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4056999-8 Wissenschaftsphilosophie gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4202787-1 |
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| title_full | Time, chance and reduction : philosophical aspects of statistical mechanics / edited by Gerhard Ernst, Andreas Hüttemann. |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Time, chance and reduction : philosophical aspects of statistical mechanics / edited by Gerhard Ernst, Andreas Hüttemann. |
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| topic | Statistical mechanics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85127571 Statistical mechanics Philosophy. Mécanique statistique. Mécanique statistique Philosophie. SCIENCE Physics General. bisacsh Statistical mechanics fast Statistische Mechanik gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4056999-8 Wissenschaftsphilosophie gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4202787-1 |
| topic_facet | Statistical mechanics. Statistical mechanics Philosophy. Mécanique statistique. Mécanique statistique Philosophie. SCIENCE Physics General. Statistical mechanics Statistische Mechanik Wissenschaftsphilosophie Electronic books. |
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