Representing Mixtures.
I describe two candidate representations of a mixture. The first, which I call the standard representation , is not a good representation of a mixture in spite of its widespread popularity. The second, which I call Gibbs's representation , is less widely adopted but is, I argue, a much better repres...
| Published in: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 90; no. 3; pp. 558 - 580 |
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Cambridge University Press
Jul2023
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| Summary: | I describe two candidate representations of a mixture. The first, which I call the standard representation , is not a good representation of a mixture in spite of its widespread popularity. The second, which I call Gibbs's representation , is less widely adopted but is, I argue, a much better representation. I show that once we have a precise mathematical structure that can be used to represent thermodynamic systems, and once an adequate perspective on representation is adopted, Gibbs's representation trumps the standard representation. |
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