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Shannon M. Mussett, "Entropic Philosophy: Chaos, Breakdown, and Creation" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022)

New Books in Systems and Cybernetics

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Entropy and the Laws of the Universe

In his new book, The Second Law of Thermodynamics, philosopher Andrew Keen explains why we deny the second law of thermodynamics. Keen: We have a tendency to accelerate entropics by taking what is inevitable that systems break down and in fact produce greater devastation than is necessary. He says physics has a lot to teach philosophers who are just simply interested in these scientific questions.

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