Typicality, Irreversibility and the Status of Macroscopic Laws.

We discuss Boltzmann's probabilistic explanation of the second law of thermodynamics providing a comprehensive presentation of what is called today the typicality account. Countering its misconception as an alternative explanation, we examine the relation between Boltzmann's H-theorem and the genera...

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Published in:	Erkenntnis Vol. 80; no. 4; pp. 689 - 717
Main Authors:	Lazarovici, Dustin, Reichert, Paula
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Aug2015
Subjects:	Second law of thermodynamics H-Theorem Thermodynamic functions Irreversible processes (Thermodynamics) Adiabatic processes
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost