What is the Problem about the Time‐Asymmetry of Thermodynamics?—A Reply to Price

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 53 (1):121-136 (2002)
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Huw Price argues that there are two conceptions of the puzzle of the time‐asymmetry of thermodynamics. He thinks this puzzle has remained unsolved for so long partly due to a misunderstanding about which of these conceptions is the right one and what form a solution ought to take. I argue that it is Price's understanding of the problem which is mistaken. Further, it is on the basis of this and other misunderstandings that he disparages a type of account which does, in fact, hold promise of a solution.

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