{"product_id":"the-probability-map-of-the-universe-essays-on-david-alberts-time-and-chance-hardcover","title":"The Probability Map of the Universe: Essays on David Albert's Time and Chance - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Loewer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBrad Weslake\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEric Winsberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophers debate the ideas and implications of one of the most important contemporary works in the philosophy of science, David Albert's \u003ci\u003eTime and Chance\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the twenty-odd years since its publication, David Albert's \u003ci\u003eTime and Chance\u003c\/i\u003e has been recognized as one of the most significant contemporary contributions to the philosophy of science. Here, philosophers and physicists explore the implications of Albert's arguments and debate his solutions to some of the most intractable problems in theoretical physics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlbert has attempted to make sense of the tension between our best scientific pictures of the fundamental physical structure of the world and our everyday empirical experience of that world. In particular, he is concerned with problems arising from causality and the direction of time: defying common sense, almost all our basic scientific ideas suggest that whatever can happen can just as naturally happen in reverse. Focusing on Newtonian mechanics, Albert provides a systematic account of the temporal irreversibility of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, of the asymmetries in our epistemic access to the past and the future, and of our conviction that by acting now we can affect the future but not the past. He also generalizes the Newtonian picture to the quantum-mechanical case and suggests a deep potential connection between the problem of the direction of time and the quantum-mechanical measurement problem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essays included in \u003ci\u003eThe Probability Map of the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e develop, explore, and critique this account, while Albert himself replies. The result is an insightful discussion of the foundations of statistical mechanics and its relation to cosmology, the direction of time, and the metaphysical nature of laws and objective probability.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783541424416,"sku":"9780674967878","price":81.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/af4f1e5119d8bb588649bfd0e0f9e82e.webp?v=1780589453","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-probability-map-of-the-universe-essays-on-david-alberts-time-and-chance-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}