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Statistical Mechanical Imperialism
In Alastair Wilson, Chance and Temporal Asymmetry. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 241-257 (2014)
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I argue against the claim, advanced by David Albert and Barry Loewer, that all non-fundamental laws can be derived from those required to underwrite the second law of thermodynamics.Author's Profile
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Special sciences (or: The disunity of science as a working hypothesis).Jerry Fodor - 1974 - Synthese 28 (2):97-115.
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