The Apparent Inconsistency of Moulines' Treatment of Equilibrium Thermodynamics

PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1982:304 - 311 (1982)
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Abstract

Moulines in his "A Logical Reconstruction of Simple Equilibrium Thermodynamics" shows that Sneedian constraints play an essential role even in the purely theoretical development of the mathematical formalism of at least one actual scientific theory. However, Moulines' treatment is apparently inconsistent because of the way he represents constraints. A very simple non-Sneedian way of representing constraints is given which removes the difficulty.

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