Between Being and Becoming: a meta-theoretical approach to irreversibility
History and Philosophy of Physics
2013-09-06 v1
Abstract
The relationship between reversible-dynamical and irreversible-thermodynamic descriptions is analyzed from a meta-theoretical point of view. A network of inter-theoretical relations is drawn by means of asymptotic relations and complementarity. It is argued that the "paradox" between micro-reversibility and macro-irreversibility can be overcome by assuming a meta-complementarity relation existing between different levels of physical description, preserving a realist conception.
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@article{arxiv.1309.1352,
title = {Between Being and Becoming: a meta-theoretical approach to irreversibility},
author = {Davide Neri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.1352},
year = {2013}
}
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19 pages, 3 figures